Last of the Curlews

Illustrated by Abigail Rorer
Foreword by W. S. Merwin
Afterword by Murray Gell-Mann
Paperback
$15.95 US
On sale May 24, 2011 | 194 Pages | 9781582437354

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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.
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.

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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

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.

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