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The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes Hardback - 2001

by Peter Matthiessen; Robert L. Bateman (Illustrator)

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A leading naturalist and writer travels the globe in search of a prized-and vanishing-bird
Cranes are ubiquitous in the earliest legends of the world's peoples, where they often figure as harbingers of heaven and omens of longevity and good fortune. They are still held sacred in many places, and for good reason. Their large size and need for wilderness habitat makes them an "umbrella species" whose wellbeing assures that of other creatures and of the ecosystem at large. Moreover, the enormous spans of their migrations are a symbol of, and stimulus to, international efforts at conservation.
In "The Birds of Heaven," Peter Matthiessen has woven together journeys in search of the fifteen species of cranes in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, and Australia. As he tracks them (and their declining numbers) in the company of scientists, conservationists, and regional people encountered along the way, he captures the dilemmas of a planet in ecological crisis, and the deeper loss to humankind if these beautiful and imposing creatures are allowed to disappear. The book includes color plates by renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman.

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On a rare clear morning-the first day of summer 1992-flying across the Bering Strait from the Yukon delta toward the Diomede Islands and the Chukotskiy Peninsula of Siberia, I imagine the gray sun-silvered strait as seen from on high by a migrating crane, more particularly, by the golden eye of the Crane from the East,, as the lesser sandhill crane of North America is known to traditional peoples on its westernmost breeding territory in Siberia.

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  • Title The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes
  • Author Peter Matthiessen; Robert L. Bateman (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar Straus Giroux, New York
  • Publication date December 20, 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780374199449 / 0374199442
  • Weight 1.58 lbs (0.72 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.36 x 1.35 in (23.37 x 16.15 x 3.43 cm)
  • Category Nature
  • Library of Congress subjects Endangered species, Cranes (Birds)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001032986
  • Dewey Decimal Code 598.32

About the author

Peter Matthiessen is a naturalist and explorer whose many works of nonfiction include "The Tree Where Man Was Born," which was nominated for a National Book Award and "The Snow Leopard," which won it. He is also the author of nine works of fiction, including "Far Tortuga," and, most recently, the Everglades trilogy that culminates in "Bone by Bone."
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