Synopsis
Driven by instinct, the graceful Eskimo curlew flies its nine-thousand-mile route from the Arctic Circle to the tip of South America and back again. Bodsworth conveys the mechanics of this single bird's remarkable flight and its instinctive search for others of its kind. The lone survivor comes to stand for the entirety of a lost species, and indeed for all in nature that is endangered.
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Fred Bosworth is an esteemed ornithologist, a former reporter and the author of six books. Last of the Curlews was his first novel. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
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Last of the Curlews Bodsworth, Fred; Rorer, Abigail; Merwin, W. S. and Gell-Mann, Murray
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Rorer, Abigail (illustrator). 1955 first edition. No dust jacket. VG. Very light wear. Name stamped to ffep. Text is clean. Seller Inventory # 122122-35
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Last of the Curlews
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Counterpoint LLC, Washington, DC, 2000
ISBN 10: 1887178007
ISBN 13: 9781887178006
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Hard cover. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Shortt, T M, and Rorer, Abigail (illustrator). Counterpoint ed. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 174 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. slightly cocked No remainder mark. EB 109. Seller Inventory # Alibris.0056903
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Rorer, Abigail (illustrator). Uncommon in dustjacket. A 1955 environmental fiction reprint classic that charts the devastating impact of human overhunting on the now-extinct Eskimo curlew. The novel chronicles a lone male bird's grueling 9,000-mile migratory journey and his instinctual, solitary struggle to find a mate. The Counterpoint Press edition of Last of the Curlews holds massive significance because it rescued the book from obscurity, cementing its status as a foundational text of modern environmental literature. Seller Inventory # SKU2020028324
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Last of the Curlews
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ISBN 10: 1887178007
ISBN 13: 9781887178006
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint. First Counterpoint edition. Foreword by W.S. Merwin. Afterword by Murray Gell-Mann. Illustrated by Abigail Rorer. 174pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 550890