THE RITES OF AUTUMN: A FALCONER'S JOURNEY ACROSS THE AMERICAN WEST. By Dan O'Brien.
1989 1st UK edition. Ppxii,192. Map.
Author's account of training a rescued peregrine chick for life in the wild. The bulk of the book follows his "two-thousand-mile journey from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico ...to imitate the natural movement of wild falcons by following the autumnal migration of waterfowl and thereby teach the peregrine to survive on her own".
Author's account of training a rescued peregrine chick for life in the wild. The bulk of the book follows his "two-thousand-mile journey from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico ...to imitate the natural movement of wild falcons by following the autumnal migration of waterfowl and thereby teach the peregrine to survive on her own".
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| Author | O'Brien (Dan). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 667 |
| ISBN | 0002234580 / 0002234580 / PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 12.95. |
| Book Description | Slight shelf wear else fine in dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1989 |
| Publisher | William Collins Sons and Co. |
| Place | London. |