The birds of heaven : travels with cranes /

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Author / Creator:Matthiessen, Peter.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : North Point Press, 2001.
Description:xv, 349 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4551809
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Other authors / contributors:Bateman, Robert, 1930-
ISBN:0374199442 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-331) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • 1.. Black Dragon River
  • 2.. On the Daurian Steppe
  • 3.. Gujarat and Rajasthan
  • 4.. At the End of Tibet
  • 5.. In the Nine Rivers
  • 6.. Hokkaido
  • 7.. The Accidental Paradise
  • 8.. Outback
  • 9.. Equatoria, Ngorongoro, Okavango, and Transvaal
  • 10.. Down the Edges of the Distant Sky
  • 11.. The Sadness of Marshes
  • 12.. Grus americana
  • The Evolution and Radiation of the Cranes
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index