$38.67
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2024
Summary
A fresh appreciation of the magic of birds and how watching them fulfills a human need to connect with nature.
Enchantment by birds is commonplace. Birdwatchers merely go a step further than others and actively seek to be enchanted. This book tells why they take that extra step. It takes the reader on a series of excursions into birdwatching’s past, venturing forward to the present. With an intriguing cast of characters, avian as well as human, its lively narratives explore the emotio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761381447 |
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| ISBN-10: | 176138144X |
| Author: | Russell McGregor |
| Publisher: | Scribe Publications |
| Imprint: | Scribe Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 426g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 154mm x 233mm |
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Russell McGregor
Russell McGregor has been a birdwatcher since childhood and an historian for over 40 years. Formerly a professor of history at James Cook University, he has written numerous articles on birds and birdwatching. He is also the author of six previous books, including:
- Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal people and the Australian nation (winner of the 2012 New South Wales Premier’s Australian History Prize)
- Idling in Green Places: a life of Alec Chisholm (shortlisted for the 2020 National Biography Award)
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