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Choosing Wildness: My Life Among the Ospreys

by Claude Arbour

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Arbour recounts how he turned his back on human company and moved to a lake in northern Québec to live among the birds and animals, and turned from a high school dropout to a respected ornithologist. Sentiers Sauvages was published by Les Éditions Michel Quintin, Waterloo, Canada in 2000; the English is by Joan Irving, a translator in Montréal who specializes in film and television. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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In Choosing Wildness, Claude Arbour describes his unusual life on a wilderness lake in northern Quebec amidst a lively community of wild birds and animals. In vibrant, moving prose, he documents his personal journey from high school dropout to noted ornithologist and conservationist, explaining how he goes beyond reintroducing birds into the wild to preserve a network of nesting sites in the lake region. Arbour brings readers deep inside the mind of a man with the courage to forsake city life and the insight to explore the transformative power of nature.
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ISBN:
9781553652977
Author:
Arbour, Claude
Publisher:
Greystone Books
Translator:
Irving, Joan
Author:
Irving, Joan
Subject:
BIO026000
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Naturalists, Gardeners, Environmentalists
Subject:
Biography - General
Copyright:
2008
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
20080631
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
242
Dimensions:
7.48x5.39x.66 in. .63 lbs.
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In Choosing Wildness, Claude Arbour describes his unusual life on a wilderness lake in northern Quebec amidst a lively community of wild birds and animals. In vibrant, moving prose, he documents his personal journey from high school dropout to noted ornithologist and conservationist, explaining how he goes beyond reintroducing birds into the wild to preserve a network of nesting sites in the lake region. Arbour brings readers deep inside the mind of a man with the courage to forsake city life and the insight to explore the transformative power of nature.
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