The Peregrine

Download or Read eBook The Peregrine PDF written by J. A. Baker and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Peregrine
Author :
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 434
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780007395903
ISBN-13 : 0007395906
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Peregrine by : J. A. Baker

Book excerpt: Reissue of J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British nature writing Despite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a long winter looking and writing about the visitors from the uplands - peregrines that spend the winter hunting the huge flocks of pigeons and waders that share the desolate landscape with them. Including original diaries from which The Peregrine was written and its companion volume The Hill of Summer, this is a beautiful compendium of lyrical nature writing at its absolute best. Such luminaries as Richard Mabey, Robert Macfarlane, Ted Hughes and Andrew Motion have cited this as one of the most important books in 20th Century nature writing, and the bestselling author Mark Cocker has provided an introduction on the importance of Baker, his writings and the diaries - creating the essential volume of Baker's writings. Since the hardback was published in 2010, papers, maps, and letters have come to light which in turn provide a little more background into J A Baker's history. Contemporaries - particularly from while he was at school in Chelmsford - have kindly provided insights, remembering a school friend who clearly made an impact on his generation. In the longer term, there is hope of an archive of these papers being established, but in the meantime, and with the arrival of this paperback edition, there is a chance to reveal a little more of what has been learned. Among fragments of letters to Baker was one from a reader who praised a piece that Baker had written in RSPB Birds magazine in 1971. Apart from a paper on peregrines which Baker wrote for the Essex Bird Report, this article - entitled On the Essex Coast - appears to be his only other published piece of writing, and, with the kind agreement of the RSPB, it has been included in this updated new paperback edition of Baker's astounding work.


The Peregrine Related Books

The Peregrine
Language: en
Pages: 434
Authors: J. A. Baker
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: HarperCollins UK

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Reissue of J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British nature writing Despite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles
The Hill of Summer
Language: en
Pages: 186
Authors: John Alec Baker
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 1969 - Publisher: HarperCollins

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

United Kingdom Oil and Gas Fields
Language: en
Pages: 1076
Authors: G. Goffey
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-03 - Publisher: Geological Society of London

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Geological Society Memoir 52 records the extraordinary 50+ year journey that has led to the development of some 458 oil and gas fields on the UKCS. It contains
The Peregrine: 50th Anniversary Edition: Afterword by Robert Macfarlane
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: J. A. Baker
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-06 - Publisher: HarperCollins UK

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Reissue of J. A. Baker’s extraordinary classic of British nature writing, with an exclusive new afterword by Robert Macfarlane.
Silent Spring at 50
Language: en
Pages: 378
Authors: Roger Meiners
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-18 - Publisher: Cato Institute

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement when published 50 years ago, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring had a profound impact on our socie