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The fastest animal alive, the falcon deserves attention not just for the combination of speed, power, beauty and ferocity that have made it an object of fascination for thousands of years, but for the light it sheds on the cultures through which it has flown. This book surveys the practical and symbolic uses of falcons in human culture.

Falcon

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    A Paperback by Helen Macdonald

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      Publisher Reaktion Books
      Published 6 January 2005
      ISBN-13 9781861892386
      978-1861892386
      ISBN-10 1861892381

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      Book Synopsis
      The fastest animal alive, the falcon deserves attention not just for the combination of speed, power, beauty and ferocity that have made it an object of fascination for thousands of years, but for the light it sheds on the cultures through which it has flown. This book surveys the practical and symbolic uses of falcons in human culture.

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