Description
Book SynopsisWith stories of sighting rare birds ranging from an Eskimo Curlew to the cranes of Asia, one of America's foremost birders recalls a lifetime of birding adventures, including friendships with luminaries Roger Tory Peterson, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton.
Trade ReviewGeopolitically sensitive and savvy, and already looking ahead to habitat preservation, Mr. Emanuel was holistic from the very beginning…Mr. Emanuel's passion for birds was always placed within a larger philosophical framework. Yet even as he quotes one of the maxims at Delphi—'nothing in excess'—he can't help pushing to see, on a spring evening before a dinner party, 'just one more warbler.' Such love of discovery is the hum under the magical stories Mr. Emanuel tells. * Wall Street Journal *
Table of Contents
- Prologue
- 1. Early Days
- 2. The Tropics
- 3. Freeport Christmas Count
- 4. The Bird of My Life
- 5. Beginnings
- 6. Meeting Curlew
- 7. The Triumph
- 8. Search for the Imperial Woodpecker
- 9. My Travels with King Penguin
- 10. The Mozart of Birding
- 11. New Territories
- 12. The Big Day
- 13. The Next Generation of Birders
- 14. End of the Earth
- 15. The Birds Of Heaven: Cranes, Asia, and Peter
- 16. Birding with the Bushes
- 17. Palace on Wheels
- 18. Birding on the Edge
- 19. Voyage on the Sea Cloud
- 20. My True Obsession
- 21. My World
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Suggested Readings
- Index
