THE RITES OF AUTUMN: A FALCONER'S JOURNEY ACROSS THE AMERICAN WEST. By Dan O'Brien.
1988 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 216mm). Ppxii,192. Map end-papers. Two-tone cream / light blue paper-covered boards, spine titled in red-gilt.
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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33669
| Author | O'Brien (Dan). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 33669 |
| ISBN | 0871132451 / 0871132451. |
| Book Description | Very good first edition copy in dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1988 |
| Publisher | The Atlantic Monthly Press. |
| Place | New York. |