Last of the Curlews - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9781582437354

About this item

by Fred Bodsworth (Author), W. S. Merwin (Foreword by), Murray Gell-Mann (Afterword by)

In this conservation classic, originally published more than sixty years ago, Fred Bodsworth tells the story of a solitary Eskimo curlew's perilous migration and search for a mate. The lone survivor comes to stand for the entirety of a species on the brink of extinction, and for all in nature that is endangered.

This new paperback edition includes a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet W.S. Merwin and an afterword by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann.

Author Biography

Fred Bodsworth is an esteemed ornithologist, a former reporter, and the author of six books. Last of the Curlews was his first novel. He lives in Toronto.

Number of Pages: 194

Dimensions: 0.51 x 8.04 x 4.98 IN

Publication Date: May 24, 2011

$17.23

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