The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession
by Mark Obmascik
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0965901343
- ISBN 13
- 9780965901345
- Seller
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Free Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.
Synopsis
Mark Obmascik was the lead writer for the Denver Post ’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Columbine High School massacre. He has been writing on strange characters and the environment for many years. He is an avid outdoorsman and recently admitted to his own growing obsession with birds. He lives in Denver wit his wife and two sons.
Reviews
On Oct 5 2010, AutreVie said:
Very entertaining and well-written; sure to appeal to casual birders as well as driven, competitive individuals who look for new ways to win at anything. I was intrigued by the concept of a “Big Year,” in which otherwise sensible folks drop nearly everything else in their lives to ricochet around the continent for 365 days, trying to find and identify as many bird species as possible. The author weaves together the progress of three men attempting a North American Big Year in 1998, initially unbeknownst to each other.Although there are few rules and no referees, personal integrity keeps the competitors in check.The players include Sandy Komito (New Jersey, married), attempting a second Big Year; Al Levantin (Colorado, married); and Greg Miller (Maryland, single).The year sails by through Obmascik’s colorful prose and you will want to start it all over again. But a splendid bibliography offers other possibilities…
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wonder Book
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- T14E-01145
- Title
- The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession
- Author
- Mark Obmascik
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0965901343
- ISBN 13
- 9780965901345
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2004
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