num_pages: 288
description: Follows the 1998 Big Year competition between Sandy Komito, Al Levantin, and Greg Miller during which the three rivals risked their lives to set a new North American birding record, an event that took them to such locales as Del Rio in search of the rufous-capped warbler and British Columbia in pursuit of the Xantus' hummingbird. 75,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession
titlecomplete: The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession
genres: Memoir, Biography, Humor, Birds, Nature, Animals, Science, Nonfiction, Adventure, Travel
ratings_count: 5145
publisher: Free Press