{"product_id":"return-of-the-osprey-david-gessner-9781501783746","title":"Return of the Osprey: A Season of Flight and Wonder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA memoir, tribute to a once-endangered species, and natural history, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReturn of the Osprey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e recounts the many discoveries David Gessner made when he immersed himself for an entire nesting season in the lives of the ospreys that had returned to his seagirt corner of Cape Cod. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe osprey, hailed by Roger Tory Peterson as the symbol of the New England coast, all but vanished during the 1950s and '60s because of the ravages of DDT. In the next few decades, however, the birds returned, slowly at first and then in a rush. Writing with passion, humor, and a reverence for the natural world, Gessner interweaves the stories of the nesting osprey pairs he observed with his own readjustment to life on the windblown, beautiful, and increasingly developed landscape he had known as a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a new preface from Gessner and foreword by Helen Macdonald, \u003ci\u003e Return of the Osprey \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates one of nature's most remarkable creatures, as well as our own limitless capacity for wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Gessner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501783742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501783746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Comstock Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"David Gessner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47001584206079,"sku":"9781501783746","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe659889-91f1-420b-82e6-2f7c74866675.jpg?v=1751601509","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/return-of-the-osprey-david-gessner-9781501783746","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}