The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession

by Obmascik, Mark
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ISBN: 9781451648607
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Overview

Every January 1, a quirky crowd storms out across North America for a spectacularly competitive event called a Big Year--a grand, expensive, and occasionally vicious 365-day marathon of birdwatching. For three men in particular, 1998 would become a grueling battle for a new North American birding record. Bouncing from coast to coast on frenetic pilgrimages for once-in-a-lifetime rarities, they brave broiling deserts, bug-infested swamps, and some of the lumpiest motel mattresses known to man. This unprecedented year of beat-the-clock adventures ultimately leads one man to a record so gigantic that it is unlikely ever to be bested. Here, prizewinning journalist Mark Obmascik creates a dazzling, fun narrative of the 275,000-mile odyssey of these three obsessives as they fight to win the greatest-- or maybe worst--birding contest of all time.
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Obmascik, Mark
  • ISBN: 9781451648607
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.30 x 0.80
  • Number Of Pages: 288
  • Publication Year: 2011

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