Marcy Cottrell Houle spent four and a half months atop a mountian peak watching a family of highly endangered wild peregrine falcons. Their survival in the face of an unforgiving Mother Nature, an ever expanding human sprawl, and the local townspeople's hostility makes dramatic and moving reading--certain to become a classic of fine nature writing.
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Marcy Cottrell Houle spent four and a half months atop a mountian peak watching a family of highly endangered wild peregrine falcons. Their survival in the face of an unforgiving Mother Nature, an ever expanding human sprawl, and the local townspeople's hostility makes dramatic and moving reading--certain to become a classic of fine nature writing.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. E2-DJ has dog-eared on the bottom of the back inside flap and light shelf wear otherwise fine. The unfolding story of the two young women biologists pitted against the town-and the town's ultimate acceptance of the falcons-makes us understand that no environmental issue is totally simple.
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Very Good in Fine jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket in Mylar Jacket Cover. The story of two biologists struggle against land developers and a town in Colorado to preserve the habitat of peregrine falcons and the town's ultimate acceptance of the falcons. A beautiful piece of nature writing about peregrine falcons, their behavior, habits, personalities. An absorbing account of Field Biology by Marcy Houle in this, her debut book. Binding of green half-cloth gilt titled with tan speckled boards. Top front corner slightly bumped, else Fine. Very clean, unmarked, tight and solid volume. Fine unclipped jacket with art by Bob Giuliani. 187 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Addison-Wesley Publishing, Reading, MA, 1991.
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Like New in Fine jacket. Size: 14x91x137; Marcy Cottrell Houle spent four and a half months atop a mountain peak watching a family of highly endangered wild peregrine falcons. Their survival in the face of an unforgiving Mother Nature, an ever expanding human sprawl, and the local townspeople's hostility makes dramatic and moving reading--certain to become a classic of fine nature writing.