Last of the curlews
By: Fred Bodsworth ; foreword by W.S. Merwin ; afterword by Murray Gell-Mann ; illustrated by Abigail Rorer, based on original drawings by T.M. Shortt.
Edition: 1st Counterpoint ed.
Publisher: Counterpoint
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Eskimo curlew -- Fiction.; Birds -- Migration -- Fiction.; Extinct birds -- Fiction.
Description: Told from the perspective of the last survivor of the Eskimo curlew -- a critically endangered species -- this is the story of this bird's solitary and perilous migration and search for a mate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-174).