As kingfishers catch fire : birds & books
Preston, Alex, 1979-2019
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When Alex Preston was 15, he stopped being a birdwatcher. Adolescence and the scorn of his peers made him put away his binoculars, leave behind the hides and the nature reserves and the quiet companionship of his fellow birders. His love of birds didn't disappear though. Rather, it went underground, and he began birdwatching in the books that he read, creating his own personal anthology of nature writing that brought the birds of his childhood back to brilliant life. Looking for moments 'when heart and bird are one', Preston weaves the very best writing about birds into a personal and eccentric narrative that is as much about the joy of reading and writing as it is about the thrill of wildlife.
Main title:
As kingfishers catch fire : birds & books / Alex Preston & Neil Gower.
Author:
Preston, Alex, 1979-, authorGower, Neil, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Corsair, 2019.
Collation:
200 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781472155146 (pbk)
Dewey class:
809.9'33628
Language:
English
BRN:
274548
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