The Life Of The Skies

ROSEN, JONATHAN

ISBN 10: 0312428197 / ISBN 13: 9780312428198

Published by Picador Paper, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Life Of The Skies
• Publisher: Picador Paper
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312428197
• ISBN 13: 9780312428198
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

We are all birdwatchers.

Over cities and jungles and open plains, the sky is animated by the flight of birds, and their presence reminds us of the wild element of life on earth that can never be suppressed. In The Life of the Skies, Jonathan Rosen explores the significance of this timeless pursuit, chronicling his own birding adventures alongside those of John James Audubon, Teddy Rooseevelt, and others. In the process, he discovers the interconnections--literary, philosophical, sceintific, and spiritual--between life on the ground and life up above. Richly researched, lyrically written, The Life of the Skies is "a tribute to the natural world and man's place in it" (Bloomberg News).

About the Author

Jonathan Rosen is the author of The Talmud and the Internet and the novels Eve's Apple and Joy Comes in the Morning. He is the editorial director of Nextbook and lives in New York City.