Falcon Fever
Subtitle: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin; Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: May 9, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780618805754
Subjects: Birds & Birdwatching - General; Essays; Nature / Birds & Birdwatching; Nature; Anecdotes; Biography; Falconers; Falconry; Italy; United States; Nature/Ecology
Description: The author shares his lifelong obsession with falcons, discusses the subculture of individuals involved in falconry, and explores the role of the sport in providing him with emotional solace in response to his turbulent childhood.