A Bird in the Bush: A Social History of Birdwatching

Synopsis

This journey through the world of birdwatchers is “a wonderful book. . . . fascinating, often hilarious anecdotes and information” (Daily Mail, Critic’s Choice).Scholarly, authoritative, and above all supremely readable, Stephen Moss’s book is the first to trace the fascinating history of how and why people have watched birds for pleasure, from the beginnings with Gilbert White in the eighteenth century through World War II POWs watching birds from inside their prison camp and all the way to today’s “twitchers” with their bleeping pagers, driving hundreds of miles for a rare bird.“Proves that birdwatchers can be as instructive to watch as birds.” —Sunday Times“Thoroughly researched and well-written.” —The Guardian“Moss knows his subject intimately and writes about it with just the right mixture of affection and occasional quizzicality.” —Sunday Telegraph“It would be difficult to imagine anyone producing a more comprehensive, thoughtful, intelligent and entertaining examination of how people have watched birds at each point in history. In fact, it is one of the few books which might prove such compulsive reading that even a dedicated twitcher might forgo a day in the field to stay at home to finish it.” —Birding World

Copyright:

1923

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

392 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781781310090

Related ISBNs:

9781781311493

Publisher:

Quarto Publishing Group USA

Date of Addition:

02/04/25

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of Thorburn’s plates, re-using them to produce a cheap, popular bird book during the depression of the mid-1930s made sound economic sense. The book itself was also the product of an unlikely pen. In

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Reference, Animals, Outdoors and Nature, Social Studies

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

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