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Kingbird Highway : The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand by Kenn Kaufman (2000, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100618062351
ISBN-139780618062355
eBay Product ID (ePID)1685369
Product Key Features
Book TitleKingbird Highway : the Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
Number of Pages330 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
TopicBirdwatching Guides, Animals / Birds
IllustratorYes
GenreNature
AuthorKenn Kaufman
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-000581
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal598/.07234/092
Table Of ContentTable of Contents: Preface Chapter 1 Not Quite the West Chapter 2 Finding the Road Chapter 3 A Record for the Breaking Chapter 4 The Tucson Five Chapter 5 California Influence Chapter 6 Just Like Christmas Chapter 7 There's a Birder on the Road Chapter 8 Time of a Rival Chapter 9 Strategy and Hard Weather Chapter 10 To the Promised Landfill Chapter 11 Trucker's March Chapter 12 Shadow of Alaska, Shades of England Chapter 13 Dry Tortugas Chapter 14 The Fall of a Sparrow Chapter 15 Legions in the Sky Chapter 16 A Day As Big As Texas, Part 1 Chapter 16 A Day As Big As Texas, Part 2 Chapter 17 Springtime Fades Away Chapter 18 The Kenmare Convention Chapter 19 A Thousand Miles of Gravel Chapter 20 The Edge of the World Chapter 21 Full Summer Chapter 22 Birdman's Holiday Chapter 23 Spots Before the Eyes Chapter 24 Exhausting the Possibilities Chapter 25 Border Patrol (in entirety) Chapter 26 Close to the End (in entirety)
SynopsisAt 16, Kaufman dropped out of high school and started hitching across America in an effort to see the most birds in a year. "Kingbird Highway" is a unique coming-of-age story, combining a lyrical celebration of nature with wild adventures and some unbelievable characters., At sixteen, Kenn Kaufman dropped out of the high school where he was student council president 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. A report of a rare bird would send him hitching nonstop from Pacific to Atlantic and back again. When he was broke he would pick fruit or doodd jobs to earn the fifty dollars or so that would last him for weeks. His goal was to set a record - most North American species seen in a year - but along the way he began to realize that at this breakneck pace he was only looking, not seeing. What had been a game became a quest for a deeper understanding of the natural world. 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 ofcharacters.
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- Jan 04, 2025
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A young man crosses the country to find birds. Sleeps rough and eats whatever to make this continental journey. Great story for birders and young travel hungry folks alike. Gift to new young birder doing the same trek.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Aug 16, 2023
GREAT THANKS MALC!
GREAT THANKS MALC!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
