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One Man's Owl: Abridged and Revised by Alice Calaprice
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One Man's Owl: Abridged and Revised by Alice Calaprice Trade paperback - 1993

by Heinrich, Bernd & Alice Calaprice

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This engaging chronicle of how the author and the great horned owl "Bubo" came to know one another over three summers spent in the Maine woods--and of how Bubo eventually grew into an independent hunter--is now available in a revised and abridged edition to be more accessible to the general reader.

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Princeton University Press. Near Fine. 1993. Trade Paperback. 0691000654 . Large paperback, "This engaging chronicle of how the author and the great horned owl 'Bubo' came to know one another over three summers spent in the Maine woods - and of how Bubo eventually grew into an independent hunter - is now available in an edition that has been abridged and revised so as to be more accessible to the general reader," illustrated with drawings and photos by the author, the former owner's address label is present on the inside of the front cover, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine ; ; 186 pages .
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  • Title One Man's Owl: Abridged and Revised by Alice Calaprice
  • Author Heinrich, Bernd & Alice Calaprice
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition Abr Rev
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
  • Date 1993
  • Abridged Yes
  • Features Abridged
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 050130
  • ISBN 9780691000657 / 0691000654
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 5.5 x 8.4 x 0.5 in (13.97 x 21.34 x 1.27 cm)
  • Reading level 1100
  • Library of Congress subjects Great horned owl - Maine - Anecdotes, Heinrich, Bernd - Anecdotes
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93007167
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Bernd Heinrich is Professor of Zoology at the University of Vermont and the author of several books, which include Bumblebee Economics (Harvard) and Ravens in Winter (Summit). Alice Calaprice abridged and revised this edition of One Man's Owl. The first edition of the book was a selection of the Nature Book Society and the Library of Science.