Synopses & Reviews
The Eskimo curlew, which once made its migration from Patagonia to the Arctic in flocks so dense that they darkened the sky, was brought to the verge of extinction by the wanton slaughter of game-hunters.
Following the doomed search of a solitary curlew for a female of its kind, Fred Bodsworths novel is a haunting indictment of mans destruction of the natural world.
Synopsis
"The story of this migration is magnificent, informative, breathtaking and exotic". Los Angeles Times
More than three million readers around the world have been touched by this conservation classic, the story of a solitary Eskimo curlew's last perilous migration and search for a mate. The lone survivor comes to stand for the entirety of a lost species.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-174).