H is for hawk
(Large Print)
Author:
Published:
Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale/Cengage Learning, 2015.
Format:
Large Print
Edition:
Large print edition.
Physical Desc:
487 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Status:
Description
"As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White's struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest. When her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She buys Mabel ... on a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge. Then she fills the freezer with hawk food and unplugs the phone, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals"--Dust jacket of a previous printing.
Copies
Location
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Status
Last Check-In
EPL Large Print Nonfiction
LP 598.9 MACDONALD, HELEN
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Jun 29, 2021
GRC Fraser Valley Library Large Print
LP 598.94 MAC
On Shelf
Jan 31, 2024
SRL Large Print
LARGE PRINT 598.944 MAC
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Mar 12, 2024
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781410483614, 1410483614
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White's struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest. When her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She buys Mabel ... on a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge. Then she fills the freezer with hawk food and unplugs the phone, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals"--Dust jacket of a previous printing.
Awards
Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, 2014
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Macdonald, H. (2015). H is for hawk. Large print edition. Farmington Hills, Mich., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale/Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Macdonald, Helen, 1970-. 2015. H Is for Hawk. Farmington Hills, Mich., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale/Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Macdonald, Helen, 1970-, H Is for Hawk. Farmington Hills, Mich., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale/Cengage Learning, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Macdonald, Helen. H Is for Hawk. Large print edition. Farmington Hills, Mich., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale/Cengage Learning, 2015.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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