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Birding Babylon : A Soldier's Journal from Iraq by Jonathan Trouern-Trend (2006, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSierra Club Books

ISBN-101578051312

ISBN-139781578051311

eBay Product ID (ePID)50476564

Product Key Features

Book TitleBirding Babylon : a Soldier's Journal from Iraq

Number of Pages80 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicBirdwatching Guides, Animals / Birds

IllustratorYes

GenreNature

AuthorJonathan Trouern-Trend

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight6.3 Oz

Item Length6.4 in

Item Width4.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2006-044253

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal956.70443092 B

SynopsisEarly in 2004, Sergeant First Class Jonathan Trouern-Trend of the Connecticut National Guard began a year's deployment in Iraq. He had been a birder from the age of 12, so naturally he looked for birds during his free time on base and on trips "outside the wire." From nearly day one until he left Iraq, Trouern-Trend wrote about his sightings in an online journal that attracted thousands of readers. Now some of the highlights of his "Birding Babylon" blog are collected in this small, beautiful volume, designed to resemble a birder's journal. Cutting through the politics of war like birdsong, it reminds us of our imperishable connection with nature; of how birds and their journeys tie the world together; of the persistence of life even in a wasted land., Early in 2004, Sergeant First Class Jonathan Trouern-Trend of the Connecticut National Guard began a year's deployment in Iraq. He had been a birder from the age of 12, so naturally he looked for birds during his free time on base and on trips outside the wire." From nearly day one until he left Iraq, Trouern-Trend wrote about his sightings in an online journal that attracted thousands of readers. Now some of the highlights of his Birding Babylon" blog are collected in this small, beautiful volume, designed to resemble a birder's journal. Cutting through the politics of war like birdsong, it reminds us of our imperishable connection with nature; of how birds and their journeys tie the world together; of the persistence of life even in a wasted land., The birding adventures of a young American soldier during his year-long tour of duty in Iraq, selected from his attention-getting blog and presented in a distinctive gift-book format., Early in 2004, a National Guardsman from Connecticut arrived in Iraq for a year's posting. Sergeant First Class Jon Trouern-Trend had been a birder since age 12. So naturally he looked for birds--and found them in surprising number and variety around Anaconda Base in the Sunni Triangle, where he was stationed: old-world warblers near the laundry pond, kestrels at the dump, wood pigeons by the airstrip, owls on the cement bunkers. And whenever he got "outside the wire"--collecting water samples from the Tigris, delivering supplies to schoolchildren, at a forward operating base in Mosul, or on a trek to the ruins of ancient Babylon--his lifelist grew longer. From nearly day one until he left Iraq, Trouern-Trend wrote about his sightings in an on-line journal, which attracted thousands of readers and was excerpted in the press. Now some of the highlights of his "Birding Babylon" blog are collected in this small, beautiful volume, designed to resemble a birder's journal. In a Preface, the author looks back on his experience--and ahead to what the future might hold for the rooks, doves, storks, bulbuls, and sparrows of Iraq, and for its people. This little book cuts through the politics of war like birdsong, reminding us of our imperishable connection with nature; of how birds and their journeys tie the world together; of the persistence of life even in a wasted land. It's a small act of grace.

LC Classification NumberDS79.76.T76 2006