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Kingbird Highway
The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
by Kenn Kaufman
ISBN: 0395773989
ISBN-13: 9780395773987
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published date: 1997
Size: 6 x 8.75 inches
Weight: 1.1 pounds
Pages: 318
Publisher's Notes
At sixteen, Kenn Kaufman dropped out of high school and hit the road, hitching back and forth across America, from Alaska to Florida, Maine to Mexico. Maybe not all that unusual a thing to do in the seventies, but what Kenn was searching for was a little different: not sex, drugs, God, or even self, but birds. The chance to see a rare bird would send him hitching nonstop from Pacific to Atlantic and back again. When he was broke he would pick fruit or do odd jobs to earn what little money he needed - in a year, traveling eighty thousand miles, he spent less than a thousand dollars. Kingbird Highway is a unique coming-of-age story, combining a lyrical celebration of nature with wild and sometimes dangerous adventures, starring a colorful cast of characters.
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Kingbird Highway: the story of a natural obsession that got a little out of hand
Kaufman, Kenn
near fine, fine dj, maroon cloth & bds, remainder dot top edge Julie Castillo dj art nature/ birds Houghton Mifflin Boston/ New York c1997 1st hardcover 318 pgs, ISBN: 0-395-77398-9. Pete Dunne blurb. A man's ceaseless search to spot rare birds ( more information) Offered by Gil's Book Loft (United States)
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