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Falcon Fever: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century
by Gallagher, Tim
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618805753
- ISBN 13
- 9780618805754
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About This Item
Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing in clean unchipped jacket. Blue paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Clean cover, light surface wear to edges. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean blue endpapers, all pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. 326 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, no tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A unique glimpse into contemporary falconry, as well as a surprisingly frank and revealing personal story..
Synopsis
What is so compelling about falconry? Tim Gallagher mines his lifelong obsession with falcons for an answer in this engaging volume interweaving memoir, history, and travelogue. An entire subculture exists outside the mainstream of American society consisting of obsessed individuals (Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and film-writer Tony Huston among them) who still use the ancient training techniques and language of falconry. Gallagher finds that his personal story connects on many levels with that of Frederick II, the thirteenth-century Holy Roman Emperor, legendary falconer, and notorious freethinker who brought the full wrath of the medieval church down upon his dynasty. While following Frederick's footsteps through southern Italy, Gallagher ponders his personal history as well. What salve to his spirit did falconry provide when it ignited his passion at age twelve? Beset by a turbulent childhood dominated by a brutal and violent father, Gallagher turned to this sport for emotional release. He offers us a unique glimpse into the contemporary falconry subculture, and the result is a surprisingly frank and revealing personal story.
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- Title
- Falcon Fever: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century
- Author
- Gallagher, Tim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618805753
- ISBN 13
- 9780618805754
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston / New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- FALCONS, FALCONRY, BIRDS OF PREY, TIM GALLAGHER, FIRST EDITION
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- Birds;
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