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Equinox: Life, Love, and Birds of Prey
Dan O'Brien
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Description for Equinox: Life, Love, and Birds of Prey
paperback. Memoir of the summer and fall writer Dan O'Brien spent honing his falconry skills on his ranch in South Dakota Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 illustrations, 1 glossary. BIC Classification: 1KBBNS; BM; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274.
The South Dakota winter gives a man time to think. One subzero morning, as Dan O’Brien approaches his fiftieth year, the autumnal equinox of his life, he takes stock. Feeling a waning sense of purpose, he decides to devote himself entirely, for the first time in his life, to his greatest loves—falconry, his bird dogs, and the prairie he calls home. That summer he obtains a remarkable falcon chick who immediately distinguishes herself by her ferocity. He names the bird Harley and trains her in the ways of falconry. Harley’s powers of flight are awe-inspiring, her hunting success astounding, and like ... Read more
The South Dakota winter gives a man time to think. One subzero morning, as Dan O’Brien approaches his fiftieth year, the autumnal equinox of his life, he takes stock. Feeling a waning sense of purpose, he decides to devote himself entirely, for the first time in his life, to his greatest loves—falconry, his bird dogs, and the prairie he calls home. That summer he obtains a remarkable falcon chick who immediately distinguishes herself by her ferocity. He names the bird Harley and trains her in the ways of falconry. Harley’s powers of flight are awe-inspiring, her hunting success astounding, and like ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bison Books United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803234598
SKU
V9780803234598
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About Dan O'Brien
Dan O’Brien is the author of numerous novels and memoirs, including Stolen Horses, available in a Bison Books edition, as well as Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch and The Contract Surgeon, winners of the Western Heritage Award for best nonfiction in 2001 and for best fiction in 1999, respectively. Buffalo for the Broken ... Read more
Reviews for Equinox: Life, Love, and Birds of Prey
“An eye-opening chronicle of interspecies cooperation and a gripping dramatization of how hard-won is the ideal balance between tameness and wildness . . . beautifully wrought.”—Kirkus “Dan O’Brien’s Equinox is an improbably beautiful book about the life of a falconer. By comparison, it makes nearly all other sporting books look childishly simple. I can’t recommend it too highly.”—Jim Harrison, author ... Read more