The Snoring Bird - by Bernd Heinrich (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the bestselling author of "Winter World" comes the remarkable story of his fathers life, his familys past, and how the forces of history and nature shaped his own life. 16-page b&w photo insert.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Although Gerd Heinrich, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd Heinrich tried to distance himself from his old-fashioned father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a naturalist's sensibilities. </p><p>In this extraordinary memoir, the award-winning author shares the ways in which his relationship with his father, combined with his unique childhood, molded him into the scientist, and man, he is today. From Gerd's days as a soldier in Europe and the family's daring escape from the Red Army in 1945 to the rustic Maine farm they came to call home, Heinrich relates it all in his trademark style, making science accessible and awe-inspiring. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"...amazing saga, full of twists and turns...his magnum opus...vividly descriptive...he has produced his best book ever..."--Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Deep Economy<br><br>"...beautifully written story of a man's efforts to reconstruct posthumously the life of his father..."--Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse<br><br>"...by one of the premier naturalists of our time...a splendid book, truly compelling, and bound to endure."--Thomas Eisner<br><br>"...extraordinary...a memoir of fun, daringness and intellectual curiosity, the heartwarming evolution of a modern biologist."--Jean Craighead George, award-winning author of Julie of the Wolves<br><br>"...scientist and naturalist of the first rank and a nature writer of uncommon talent..."--Edward O. Wilson<br><br>"...I couldn't leave its pages...it has joined the small collection of my most favorite book..."--Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, anthropologist and author of the bestseller The Hidden Life of Dogs<br><br>"...You will not want to put it down...an engrossing and powerful narrative of human achievement..."--Samuel W.F. Wolfgang, author of German Boy and The War of Our Childhood<br><br>"A remarkable story."--Portland Press Herald<br><br>"Heinrich's stunning family saga...his magnum opus...vividly descriptive...he has produced his best book ever..."--Alice Calaprice, award winning editor; author of the Quotable Einstein books, The Einstein Almanac, and Dear Professor Einstein<br><br>"One of the finest living examples of that strange hybrid: the science writer."--Los Angeles Times Book Review<br>
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