{"product_id":"too-many-bird-books-the-story-of-an-intermittent-watcher-paperback","title":"Too Many Bird Books: The Story of an Intermittent Watcher - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Dabb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a chronicle of encounters with a lot of bird books, in fact a lifetime of such encounters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world of bird books is vast and varied, defying coherent description. The author's qualification\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor making this attempt to describe it is that he owns several hundred of them, gathered over more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethan 70 years. To help make sense of this obsession, the describing of the books is linked to a life in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich traditional birdwatching (and book hunting) went on, in different places, and in between\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eother things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome non-bird experiences are recounted, to show this is the story of a real person.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf further qualification for authorship is needed it is surely the distinction of having been bitten, quite\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseriously, while birdwatching, by a fox. Who else, among today's legion of bird-book creators, can\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclaim that badge? Apart from that event, and no less damaging an experience, the author has tried\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto chair a committee that recommends names for Australian birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than 100 images are assembled to tell their own story: birds, people, places, book inscriptions, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escenes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are chapters about New Guinea, cassowaries, the fabled Ibis of ancient Egypt, birds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand national boundaries, field guides, the bird art of Ellis Rowan (the Australian flower painter), \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003equests and challenges, the uses of bird photography, and some things that are no longer as certain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas they once were.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 10 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781713297696,"sku":"9781922920614","price":50.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6328ab07a7fa23f60fe010a7a9d4d9f8.webp?v=1780555926","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/too-many-bird-books-the-story-of-an-intermittent-watcher-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}