Hope Is the Thing with Feathers - by Christopher Cokinos (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>An award-winning nature writer weaves natural history and personal experience into the dramatic story of the last days of six North American bird species. With a compelling blend of science, history, politics, and memoir, Cokino draws on unpublished photographs and documents to make these long-vanished birds come alive.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A prizewinning poet and nature writer weaves together natural history, biology, sociology, and personal narrative to tell the story of the lives, habitats, and deaths of six extinct bird species.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>This story-of the ghost species still haunting this continent-is full of power and mystery.<br> -Bill McKibben, author of <i>The End of Nature</i> <p/> A eulogy, a call to conservation, and a careful history.<br> -<i>Chicago Tribune</i> <p/> Cokinos balances the emotional impact of the last days of six species with tales of heroic efforts to save them by a handful of bird-lovers. <br>-<i>USA Today</i> <p/> Lovingly persistent detective work brings back flashes of color, bits of song, and curious lore. This book deserves a wide and devoted readership.<br> -Sheila Nickerson, author of <i>Disappearance: A Map</i> <p/> A marvelous book, beautifully written and filled with a poetry of evocative detail. <br>-<i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i> <p/> Eloquent and moving . . . a charming narrative that is both personal and historically meticulous.<br> -<i>The Washington Post Book World</i> <p/> Resounds with excitement. <br>-<i>The Boston Globe</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Christopher Cokinos is an award-winning writer and poet, and a professor of English at Utah State University. He has received the Whiting Writers' Award, the Glasgow Prize for an emerging writer in nonfiction, and the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award.
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