FALCON FEVER: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century - Couverture souple

Gallagher, Tim

 
9780547237794: FALCON FEVER: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0547237790 ISBN 13 : 9780547237794
Editeur : Mariner Books, 2009

Synopsis

What is so compelling about falconry? Tim Gallagher mines his lifelong obsession with falcons for an answer in this engaging volume interweaving memoir, history, and travelogue. An entire subculture exists outside the mainstream of American society consisting of obsessed individuals (Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and film-writer Tony Huston among them) who still use the ancient training techniques and language of falconry. Gallagher finds that his personal story connects on many levels with that of Frederick II, the thirteenth-century Holy Roman Emperor, legendary falconer, and notorious freethinker who brought the full wrath of the medieval church down upon his dynasty. While following Frederick's footsteps through southern Italy, Gallagher ponders his personal history as well. What salve to his spirit did falconry provide when it ignited his passion at age twelve? Beset by a turbulent childhood dominated by a brutal and violent father, Gallagher turned to this sport for emotional release. He offers us a unique glimpse into the contemporary falconry subculture, and the result is a surprisingly frank and revealing personal story.

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À propos de l'auteur

As TIM GALLAGHER was working on his book The Grail Bird, he was among the first to sight the long-thought-extinct ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas, which led to a multi-million-dollar effort to confirm the sighting and protect the bird's dwindling habitat. The sighting changed the direction of the book, for which Gallagher won the Outdoor Writers Association of America's Best Book award for 2005. Gallagher is editor-in-chief of Living Bird magazine and of the Journal of the North American Falconers' Association.

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Éditeur
Mariner Books
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0547237790
ISBN 13 
9780547237794
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
336
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780618805754: Falcon Fever: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0618805753 ISBN 13 :  9780618805754
Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008
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