In the Crosswinds (eBook)

Birds, Humans, and the Paradox of Place

Eli J. Knapp (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
243 Seiten
Torrey House Press (Verlag)
979-8-89092-006-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A probing, big-hearted quest for belonging.Ben Goldfarb, Crossings and EagerIn the Crosswinds takes readers on a captivating and humorous journey from the woods of western New York to the jungles of Ecuador and the wetlands of Africa, exploring the complexities of land, movement, identity, and belonging.Join ecologist and avid birder Eli J. Knapp on a quest to rediscover how to connect with the natural world. In the face of restlessness and rootlessness, we look to the birds of the worldcreatures that are at once migratory and deeply connected to placefor insight and understanding.With a rollicking blend of avian science and crackling narrative, In the Crosswinds confronts the all-too-human desire to define our place on a changing planetand reveals instead the wonder and miraculous beauty of being exactly where we are.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.7.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Schlagworte: Avian • Birding • Birds • Bird Watching • braiding sweetgrass • conservation • ecosystem • Eli Knapp • Environment • Flight • Habitat • lessons • Nature • Nest • Nesting • ornithologist • Ornithology • Place • Population • Professor • rooted • species • Wild
• ISBN-13: 979-8-89092-006-5 / 9798890920065