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With the Hill of Summer
出版Collins, 2010
主題Nature / Birdwatching GuidesNature / EssaysNature / Animals / WildlifeNature / Animals / Birds
ISBN00073486229780007348626
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=iaqfkCalI9sC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋BIRDS & BIRDWATCHING. Reissue of J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British natural history writing Despite the association of Peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a long winter looking and writing about the visitors from the uplands -- peregrines that spend the winter hunting the huge flocks of pigeons and waders that share the desolate landscape with them. Including original diaries from which Peregrine was written and its companion volume Hill of Summer, this is a beautiful compendium of lyrical nature writing at its absolute best. Such luminaries as Richard Mabey, Robert Macfarlane, Ted Hughes and Andrew Motion have cited this as one of the most important books in 20th Century nature writing, and the bestselling author Mark Cocker has provided an introduction on the importance of Baker, his writings and the diaries -- creating the essential volume of Baker's writings.