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The Devil´s Cormorant
Richard J. King
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Description for The Devil´s Cormorant
Paperback. A journey through the history, biology, and culture of the misunderstood cormorant Num Pages: 360 pages, 21 illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: PSAF; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
Behold the cormorant: silent, still, cruciform, and brooding; flashing, soaring, quick as a snake. Evolution has crafted the only creature on Earth that can migrate the length of a continent, dive and hunt deep underwater, perch comfortably on a branch or a wire, walk on land, climb up cliff faces, feed on thousands of different species, and live beside both fresh and salt water in a vast global range of temperatures and altitudes, often in close proximity to man. Long a symbol of gluttony, greed, bad luck, and evil, the cormorant has led a troubled existence in human history, myth, and literature. The birds have been prized as a source of mineral wealth in Peru, hunted to extinction in the Arctic, trained by the Japanese to catch fish, demonized by Milton in Paradise Lost, and reviled, despised, and exterminated by sport and commercial fishermen from Israel to Indianapolis, Toronto to Tierra del Fuego. In The Devil's Cormorant, Richard King takes us back in time and around the world to show us the history, nature, ecology, and economy of the world's most misunderstood waterfowl.
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of New England
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
593g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Hanover, United States
ISBN
9781611686999
SKU
V9781611686999
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Richard J. King
RICHARD J. KING is senior lecturer in literature of the sea with the Maritime Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport. He is the author of Lobster.
Reviews for The Devil´s Cormorant
Fascinating. . . . A great book to have at home or aboard.
American Schooner Association King is asking us to work out the terms of endearment, to figure out compromises that remain crucial to the planet. For more than 300 pages he presses the reader to evaluate bird and human co-existence. Perhaps this duck and its story carry some of the answers. Read the book and get involved. And save some applause for the author.
CoastWeekend.com Mankind's literary, historical, cultural, ecological and absurdly comical relationship with the ultimate love 'em or hate 'em bird
the only earthly creature that can migrate the length of a continent and climb up cliff faces
is examined by King, a lecturer on the literature of the sea at Williams College and Mystic Seaport.
Connecticut Magazine King is asking us to work out the terms of endearment, to figure out compromises that remain crucial to the planet. For more than 300 pages he presses the reader to evaluate bird and human co-existence. Perhaps this duck and its story carry some of the answers. Read the book and get involved. And save some applause for the author. '
CoastWeekend.com Splendid and eclectic.
Environmental History Living Bird Nature Conservancy Environmental History Birding Splendid and eclectic. Environmental History Richard King's The Devil's Cormorant is a brilliant book. It is scientifically well-informed, serious, funny, and full of good stories...a post-modern ornithology.
Living Bird King teases out this relationship from multiple perspectives
literary, historical, artistic, ornithological, political
in a book that is informative, personable, and fascinating.
Birding Splendid and eclectic.
Environmental History Despite the subtitle, this is a work as much about human history and values, as it is about nature. King sees past the symbol and presents the real cormorant, living amidst real people. And one is left with this conclusion: Surely we need animals as symbols. But let's not allow it to obscure the real, complicated, beautiful creatures among us.
Nature Conservancy Thorough and authoritative as well as charming. . . . King demonstrates his multidimensional expertise on matters relating to the sea in this excellent exploration of the world of cormorants.
Library Journal Entertaining and thought-provoking. . . . Eloquent and expansive.
Seabird King teases out this relationship from multiple perspectives
literary, historical, artistic, ornithological, political
in a book that is informative, personable, and fascinating.
Birding Splendid and eclectic.
Environmental History They are in short amazing birds, and this book is a great insight into their character and ours.
SF Natural History Series The Devil's Cormorant combines natural history, social and economic impacts through a series of stories, each told with compassion and humour.
British Birds Despite the subtitle, this is a work as much about human history and values, as it is about nature. King sees past the symbol and presents the real cormorant, living amidst real people. And one is left with this conclusion: Surely we need animals as symbols. But let's not allow it to obscure the real, complicated, beautiful creatures among us.
Nature Conservancy Richard King's The Devil's Cormorant is a brilliant book. It is scientifically well-informed, serious, funny, and full of good stories...a post-modern ornithology.
Living Bird Splendid and eclectic. Environmental History They are in short amazing birds, and this book is a great insight into their character and ours. SF Natural History Series The Devil s Cormorant combines natural history, social and economic impacts through a series of stories, each told with compassion and humour. British Birds
American Schooner Association King is asking us to work out the terms of endearment, to figure out compromises that remain crucial to the planet. For more than 300 pages he presses the reader to evaluate bird and human co-existence. Perhaps this duck and its story carry some of the answers. Read the book and get involved. And save some applause for the author.
CoastWeekend.com Mankind's literary, historical, cultural, ecological and absurdly comical relationship with the ultimate love 'em or hate 'em bird
the only earthly creature that can migrate the length of a continent and climb up cliff faces
is examined by King, a lecturer on the literature of the sea at Williams College and Mystic Seaport.
Connecticut Magazine King is asking us to work out the terms of endearment, to figure out compromises that remain crucial to the planet. For more than 300 pages he presses the reader to evaluate bird and human co-existence. Perhaps this duck and its story carry some of the answers. Read the book and get involved. And save some applause for the author. '
CoastWeekend.com Splendid and eclectic.
Environmental History Living Bird Nature Conservancy Environmental History Birding Splendid and eclectic. Environmental History Richard King's The Devil's Cormorant is a brilliant book. It is scientifically well-informed, serious, funny, and full of good stories...a post-modern ornithology.
Living Bird King teases out this relationship from multiple perspectives
literary, historical, artistic, ornithological, political
in a book that is informative, personable, and fascinating.
Birding Splendid and eclectic.
Environmental History Despite the subtitle, this is a work as much about human history and values, as it is about nature. King sees past the symbol and presents the real cormorant, living amidst real people. And one is left with this conclusion: Surely we need animals as symbols. But let's not allow it to obscure the real, complicated, beautiful creatures among us.
Nature Conservancy Thorough and authoritative as well as charming. . . . King demonstrates his multidimensional expertise on matters relating to the sea in this excellent exploration of the world of cormorants.
Library Journal Entertaining and thought-provoking. . . . Eloquent and expansive.
Seabird King teases out this relationship from multiple perspectives
literary, historical, artistic, ornithological, political
in a book that is informative, personable, and fascinating.
Birding Splendid and eclectic.
Environmental History They are in short amazing birds, and this book is a great insight into their character and ours.
SF Natural History Series The Devil's Cormorant combines natural history, social and economic impacts through a series of stories, each told with compassion and humour.
British Birds Despite the subtitle, this is a work as much about human history and values, as it is about nature. King sees past the symbol and presents the real cormorant, living amidst real people. And one is left with this conclusion: Surely we need animals as symbols. But let's not allow it to obscure the real, complicated, beautiful creatures among us.
Nature Conservancy Richard King's The Devil's Cormorant is a brilliant book. It is scientifically well-informed, serious, funny, and full of good stories...a post-modern ornithology.
Living Bird Splendid and eclectic. Environmental History They are in short amazing birds, and this book is a great insight into their character and ours. SF Natural History Series The Devil s Cormorant combines natural history, social and economic impacts through a series of stories, each told with compassion and humour. British Birds