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Shearwater, a bird, an ocean, and a long way home, Roger Morgan-Grenville

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Shearwater, a bird, an ocean, and a long way home, Roger Morgan-Grenville

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Intended audience

1370L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shearwater

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1182857004

Responsibility statement

Roger Morgan-Grenville

Sub title

a bird, an ocean, and a long way home

Summary

ђبCharming and impassioned ́ђŒ a rich tribute to an extraordinary bird. ́ђة Horatio Clare, author of A Single Swallow and Heavy Light A very personal mix of memoir and natural history from the author of Liquid Gold. Ten weeks into its life, a Manx shearwater chick will emerge from its burrow and fly 8,000 miles from the west coast of the British Isles to the South Atlantic. It will be unlikely to touch land again for four years. Part memoir, part homage to wilderness, Shearwater traces the authoŕђةs 50-year obsession with one of naturéђةs supreme travellers. In the finest tradition of nature writing, Roger Morgan-Grenville, author of Liquid Gold ́ђا described by Mary Colwell (Curlew Moon) as ́ђبa book that ignites joy and warmt́hђة ́ђا unpicks the science behind its incredible journey and into the story of a year in the shearwateŕђةs life, he threads the inspirational influence of his Hebridean grandmother who instilled in him a love of wild places and wild animals. Full of lightly-worn knowledge, acute human observation and self-deprecating humour, Shearwater brings to life a truly mysterious and charismatic bird

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