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Falcon Fever, A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century
de Gallagher, Tim
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0618805753
- ISBN 13
- 9780618805754
- Librería
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 0618805753 . Ex-library book, but still in very good condition - laminated cover and usual ex-lib type of markings. Pages clean and intact, light soiling to outer edge of pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages; A boy, a medieval emperor, and an obsession that wouldn't quit. What is so compelling about falconry? To find an answer, Tim Gallagher mines his lifelong obsession with falcons in this engaging volume, interweaving memoir, history, and travelogue. An entire subculture exists outside the mainstream of American society consisting of obsessed individuals (Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And film writer Tony Huston among them) who still use the ancient training techniques and language of falconry. Gallagher finds that his personal story connects on many levels with that of Frederick II, the thirteenth-century Holy Roman Emperor, legendary falconer, and notorious freethinker, who brought the full wrath of the medieval Church down upon his dynasty. While following Fredericks footsteps through southern Italy, Gallagher ponders his personal history as well. What salve to his spirit did falconry provide when it ignited his passion at age twelve? Beset by a turbulent childhood dominated by a brutal and violent father, Gallagher turned to this sport for emotional release. He offers us a unique glimpse into contemporary falconry, and the result is a surprisingly frank and revealing personal story. (462noto, 0211) .
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- Librería
- Riverwood's Books (CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 12117
- Título
- Falcon Fever, A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century
- Autor
- Gallagher, Tim
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618805753
- ISBN 13
- 9780618805754
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 2008
- Palabras clave
- 0618805753, Falcons, Falconry, Training Birds, Nature & Outdoors
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Nature - Birds; Nature - Wildlife; Biography - General;
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