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Bodsworth, a respected ornithologist, makes us care about his fictional bird protagonist--a lone curlew in search of a mate--while still cautiously riding the line between description and anthropomorphism. Of his curlew preparing for a mate, he writes: "He waited within the borders of his territory, flying in tightening circles and calling excitedly as the other bird came nearer. The female was coming. The three empty summers that the male had waited vainly and alone on his breeding territory were a vague, tormenting memory, now almost lost in a brain so keenly keyed to instinctive responses that there was little capacity for conscious thought or memory."
The demise of this species at the hands of hunters and hungry consumers was so rapid and thorough that the "millions that darkened the sky" in Newfoundland in the 1870s during their annual migration were reduced to only a few lone fliers by the 1890s. An afterword by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann and line drawings by Abigail Rorer add context to this remarkable book. --Maria Dolan
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Book Description Condition: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: Reprint ] Publisher: M&S Pub Date: 1/1/1991 Binding: Paperback Pages: 132 Reprint edition. Seller Inventory # 6461853
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Pocket book. 132 pp. First published 1954. Bright clean copy. Couple of price stickers on rear cover. Seller Inventory # 018667
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.2. Seller Inventory # G077109874XI5N00
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.2. Seller Inventory # G077109874XI5N00
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Bodsworth, Fred LAST OF THE CURLEWS Toronto, ON: McClelland and Stewart Limited VG 133 pp. 12mo. White cover with title on cover and spine, painting "South from Great Bear Lake" by A.Y. Jackson also pictured on front. Spine is creased from reading, and spine and ends are losing colour where well worn. No dust jacket. Inside is clean and unmarked with many illustrations of curlews throughout. Overall book is in Very Good condition. Seller Inventory # 20184
Book Description mass_market. Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # mon0003231562