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Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds

by Chirstopher Cokinos

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A prizewinning poet and nature writer weaves together natural history, biology, sociology, and personal narrative to tell the story of the lives, habitats, and deaths of six extinct bird species.

Synopsis:

In the bestselling tradition of The Orchid Thief, comes the quirky and dramatic story of the last days of six North American bird species.
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About the Author

Christopher Cokinos, former president of the Kansas Audubon Council, is an award-winning writer and poet, and an assistant professor of English at Utah State University, as well as the founding editor of Isotope: A Journal of Literary Nature and Science Writing. He has been the recipient of the Whiting Writers' Award, the Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers in Creative Nonfiction, and the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award. He has won fellowships and grants from the National Science Foundation, the American Antiquarian Society, and the Utah Arts Council. His nonfiction, reviews, and poetry have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Orion, Science and Poetry.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781585427222
Subtitle:
A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds
Author:
Cokinos, Chirstopher
Author:
Cokinos, Christopher
Publisher:
Tarcher
Subject:
Environmental - Water Supply
Subject:
Birds & Birdwatching - General
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Birdwatching Guides
Subject:
Birds & Birdwatching
Subject:
Nature Studies-Birds
Copyright:
2009
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Publication Date:
20090514
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
8.20x5.40x1.10 in. .75 lbs.
Age Level:
17-17
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