The Wind Masters: The Lives of North American Birds of Prey Softcover - 1995
by DUNNE, Pete
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- Fine
- Paperback
Vividly written by "the bard of birding" and beautifully illustrated by acclaimed bird artist Sibley, "The Wind Masters" shows what it is like to be a bird of prey. Line drawings throughout.
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Details
- Title The Wind Masters: The Lives of North American Birds of Prey
- Author DUNNE, Pete
- Binding Softcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Fine
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher A Mariner Book / Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
- Date 1995
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 426547
- ISBN 9780618340729 / 0618340726
- Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 8.38 x 5.52 x 0.66 in (21.29 x 14.02 x 1.68 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95018314
- Dewey Decimal Code 598.910
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Summary
Vividly written, and beautifully illustrated by David Sibley, The Wind Masters is a brilliant work of narrative natural history in the tradition of Peter Matthiessen's The Wind Birds and Barry Lopez's Of Wolves and Men.
