Title: On The Wing To The Edge Of The Earth With The Peregrine
From Publishers Weekly
Naturalist Tennant describes his efforts to trail peregrine falcons on
their epic migratory flights from the Caribbean to the Arctic in a
detailed, impassioned account that's part nature study and part
gonzo travelogue. After radio-tagging a young peregrine off the
coast of Texas, Tennant teams up with George Vose, a former WWII
combat flight instructor, to follow the bird on its spring migration
north.
Plenty of excitement—run-ins with Canadian Mounties, trouble with
Vose's battered plane—follows as the men track their "guiding angel,"
the bird they name Amelia. After a trip to the peregrine's Alaskan
breeding grounds, Tennant and Vose follow three new peregrines on
the fall migration down the coast of Mexico and Central America, where
their adventures include going into a free-fall over the Caribbean Ocean
and being mistaken for DEA agents. Tennant pauses to consider nearly
every creature he encounters along the way, from polar bear to insect,
describing its connection to the land, and, in the inevitable bittersweet
turn, revealing the environmental degradation that threatens its survival.
With a nature-lover's deep concern rather than an ideologue's rhetoric,
Tennant emphasizes the connection between man and beast, reflecting
as well on his own need for migration and adventure.
By: Alan Tennant
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY
ISBN: 0-375-41551-3
Copyright: 2004, Third printing.
Size/Format: 6 1/2" x 9 1/2", hardcover with dust jacket,
pages.
Condition: Very good/Very good-. Very clean, crisp & tight pages,
no markings. Rough cut edges. Minor spine end bumping. Dust
jacket has a few very small creases and a couple of slight spots
of staining, both just on the very top edge.
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