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| The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession (Random House Large Print Nonfiction) | 
 enlarge | Author: Mark Obmascik
Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: £14.46
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2341339
Format: Large Print
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Lrg
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0375432949
Dewey Decimal Number: 598.07234
EAN: 9780375432941
ASIN: 0375432949
Publication Date: February 2004
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: A very good copy, clean and bright - cover is very lightly worn. Immediate dispatch from the UK.
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Witty and informative - the best birding book I've read January 2, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
An entertaining and informative account of the race between three birders to beat the Big Year record in 1998. The Big Year is a competition to see the most species on the United States and Canada in a single calendar year. Mark Obmascik's book uses the diaries of the three twitchers as well as recollections from fellow birders as they pile on the air miles, criss-crossing the continent to hopefully see reported rarity and vagrant species.
Obmascik writes in a witty anecdotal style and really gets under the surface of the three otherwise very diverse individuals as they race, unwittingly at first, for the same prize. As well as the humour and entertainment value, his book is also very informative chronicling, for example, the history of man's discovery of bird migration as well as the introduction of new species to the US such as the Himalayan Snowcock.
The Big Year is an excellent, enlightening read and is highly recommended for anyone interested in birding or the psychology of those obsessed enough to travel the length of the country to possibly see a singe, new rare species.
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