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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Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Rorer, Abigail (illustrator). Reprint. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # GRP87376929
Seller: The Maryland Book Bank, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Rorer, Abigail (illustrator). Reprint. Used - Very Good. Seller Inventory # 1-B-3-1999
Seller: Lost Time Books, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
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
Seller: 2Vbooks, Derwood, MD, U.S.A.
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
Seller: Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller, New Castle, CO, U.S.A.
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
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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
Seller: Nine Lives Antiques, Almonte, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Rorer, Abigail (illustrator). First Counterpoint Edition. Gift inscription from author to previous owner on title page. Canadian writer Fred Bodsworth tells of a solitary Eskimo curlew's perilous nine-thousand-mile migration from its springtime mating ground within the Artic circle to the tip of South America and back again. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 2183
Seller: Pistil Books Online, IOBA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Rorer, Abigail (illustrator). A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 174 pages. Inscribed by author. Inscribed By Author. Seller Inventory # 118105
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: New. Rorer, Abigail (illustrator). In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-1887178007