1973
First Published
4.00
Average Rating
168
Number of Pages
In this nature-writing classic, now available for the first time in paperback, National Book Award winner Petter Matthiessen captures the essence of the world's most fascinating group of birds. "The restlessness of shorebirds, their kinship with distance and swift seasons, the wistful signal of their voice down the long coastlines of the world make them, for me, the most affecting of wild creatures," writes Matthiessen. He conveys the biological and behavioral intricacies of shorebirds without dulling their romance and wonder.
Avg Rating
4.00
Number of Ratings
73
5 STARS
25%
4 STARS
55%
3 STARS
18%
2 STARS
1%
1 STARS
1%
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Author
Peter Matthiessen
Author · 32 books
Peter Matthiessen is the author of more than thirty books and the only writer to win the National Book Award for both non-fiction (The Snow Leopard, in two categories, in 1979 and 1980) and fiction (Shadow Country, in 2008). A co-founder of The Paris Review and a world-renowned naturalist, explorer and activist, he died in April 2014.
