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THE LAST OF THE CURLEWS BOOK
FRED BODSWORTH,YEAR: 1955
THI~ IS THE STORY of an extraordinary bird, one which is probably about to be- 'cotte extinct, a bird which winters in . Patagonia at the Antarctic tip of South America and which flies the whole length of the two continents to breed in the Arctic Circle above H udson Bay. Many years ago flocks of curlews were so thick they darkened the skies, but they were such swift, powerful fliers that they never developed a sense of fear-even of man. And t~at was their undoing. It is rare indeed that a book of this sort can become a living and dramatic literary work, but this one possesses a vitality and casts a charm which reaches far beyond a readership of bird-lovers and conservationists. They will be en- chanted br it, of course., but so will the many others who cannot fail to respond to the courage and beauty of this simple tale. Illustrated on every page with imagi- native scratch board drawings by T. M. Shortt.
CONDITION: EX LIBRARY WITH EXPECTED MARKINGS, DUSTJACKET IS COVERED WITH MYLAR COVERING, BINDING INTACT, EDGE WEAR
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