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Falcon Fever

2009-05-22 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2009-05-22
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Book Synopsis Falcon Fever by : Tim Gallagher

Download or read book Falcon Fever written by Tim Gallagher. This book was released on 2009-05-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is so compelling about falconry? Tim Gallagher mines his lifelong obsession with falcons for an answer in this engaging book interweaving memoir, history, and travelogue. A fascinating subculture of the ancient sport of falconry exists outside the mainstream of American society. Obsessed individuals train and speak in the same manner used by falconers for centuries. One of the legendary figures in that ancient world was Frederick II, the thirteenth-century Holy Roman Emperor and notorious freethinker who brought the full wrath of the medieval church down upon his dynasty. Gallagher sees parallels between his own life and that of Frederick II, and while following in Frederick's footsteps through southern Italy, he ponders the passion for falconry that ignited within him at the age of twelve. Beset by a turbulent childhood and dominated by a brutal and violent father, Gallagher turned to the sport for emotional release and found much more. Falcon Fever provides a rare glimpse into contemporary falconry, and at the same time offers a surprisingly frank and revealing personal story. Book jacket.

Falcon Fever

2009-05-22 Nature
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Release : 2009-05-22
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 113/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Falcon Fever by : Tim Gallagher

Download or read book Falcon Fever written by Tim Gallagher. This book was released on 2009-05-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ornithologist and award-winning author of The Grail Bird shares his love of falconry in this “boundary-stretching memoir” (Kirkus Reviews). “To me, falconry at its highest level is an art form in which the canvas is the entire sky.” What is it about falconry that inspires such avid devotees? Tim Gallagher has pondered this question since he first became obsessed with the sport at the age of twelve. In Falcon Fever, he interweaves memoir, history, and travelogue as he takes us along on his many adventures—mallard hunting in upstate New York with his falcon MacDuff; traveling to Wyoming and the Scottish Highlands to visit and learn from other falconers; attending the annual field meet of the North American Falconers’ Association; and making his personal pilgrimage to the southern Italian lands and landmarks of his hero Frederick II, the thirteenth-century Holy Roman Emperor who wrote the classic text On the Art of Hunting with Birds. From his early use of falconry to escape a troubled childhood to the vibrant, modern community that continues to practice the centuries-old sport of kings, Gallagher offers both a knowledgeable introduction to these birds of prey and an inspiring personal story. “A series of exhilarating, often poignant stories. . . . He weaves an eloquent life story around his life with hawks and falcons.” —Houston Chronicle “The ideal tonic to reinvigorate a nation distracted by laptops from its love for its natural heritage.” —Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “A poignant, introspective volume.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

How Fast Can a Falcon Dive?

2010 Nature
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Release : 2010
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 903/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis How Fast Can a Falcon Dive? by : Peter Capainolo

Download or read book How Fast Can a Falcon Dive? written by Peter Capainolo. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Want to know everything about birds of preyùour amazing raptors? Then Capainolo and Butler's compact book, How Fast Can a Falcon Dive?, is the place to start!"--Joel Cracraft, Lamont Curator of Birds, American Museum of Natural History.

Falcon Fever

1990
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Release : 1990
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By Night in Chile

2003-12-17 Fiction
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Release : 2003-12-17
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 474/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis By Night in Chile by : Roberto Bolaño

Download or read book By Night in Chile written by Roberto Bolaño. This book was released on 2003-12-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "During the course of a single night, Father Sebastian Urrutia Lacroix, a Chilean priest who is a member of Opus Dei, a literary critic and a mediocre poet, relives some of the crucial events of his life. He believes he is dying, and in his feverish delirium various characters, both real and imaginary, appear to him as icy monsters, as if in sequences from a horror film. Among them are the great poet Pablo Neruda, the German novelist Ernst Junger, and General Augusto Pinochet - whom Father Lacroix instructs in Marxist doctrine - as well as various members of the Chilean intelligentsia whose lives, during a period of political turbulence, have touched his own."--Jacket.

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