Taken Captive By Birds is a collection of Marguerite Poland's 'discovery' of birds as a child and the role they have played in her and her family's life. Interwoven with the personal story are the myths, traditions and meanings behind birds and their names within Zulu and Xhosa culture. The book is divided into 18 chapters, each of which loosely deals with one particular bird or, sometimes, a grouping of birds.
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Taken Captive By Birds is a collection of Marguerite Poland's 'discovery' of birds as a child and the role they have played in her and her family's life. Interwoven with the personal story are the myths, traditions and meanings behind birds and their names within Zulu and Xhosa culture. The book is divided into 18 chapters, each of which loosely deals with one particular bird or, sometimes, a grouping of birds.
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Good. Picture Shown is For Illustration Purposes Only, Please See Below For Further DetailsCONDITION-GOOD HARDBACK, To/From message written inside, Some wear/grub/glue residue/marks to jacket, pages in good condition, shipped from the UK. Contains: Unspecified. Includes unspecified.
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Ivor, Craig. Fine in Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾-12" Tall. (SA) 1st edition. NO markings, Fine in Very Good (+) dust jacket with light soiling to edges of white dust jacket. Hardcover, 143pp, exquisite pencil drawings of birds. "All my life I have been "taken captive by birds: . Their doings are the thread that runs through childhood, the link to other people and to place. Their appearance and ther presence can at once recall a name, a scent, a morning full of song and exploration; an evening sorrow, a childhood fear. For somehow, it is the birds that saw it all". (2.6 JM 0815.
