First edition. INSCRIBED on the ffep TO A NEW JERSEY CONGRESSMAN AND DATED AT DENNISVILLE, NJ, APRIL 8, 1986. Hardcover. 249 pp. with index, bibliography. Fascinating exploration of both the human and natural landscapes of Guatmala as the author and a photographer pursue the seriously endangered quetzal. Fine in very good dust jacket.

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Title: Bird of Life, Bird of Death: A Naturalist's Journey Through a Land of Political Turmoil (inscribed copy)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Publication Date: 1986
Language: English
ISBN 10: 067152738X
ISBN 13: 9780671527389
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First edition.
Condition: fine
Dust Jacket Condition: very good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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This account of the naturalist's search for the quetzal, the symbol of Guatemala, reveals the natural and human ecologies to be devastated by the country's violent political turmoil

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