Robin (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781789146264)

A tuneful natural and cultural history of this globally renowned songbird.

The robin is a small bird with a distinctive ruddy breast, at once a British national treasure and a bird with a global reputation. In this superbly illustrated account, Helen F. Wilson looks at many aspects of the cherished robin, from its status as a harbinger of seasonal change and, in the United Kingdom, an icon of Christmas, to its place in fairy tales, environmental campaigns, and scientific discovery. In moving between cultural and natural histories, Robin asks wide-ranging questions, such as how did the robin's name travel the world? Why is the robin so melancholy? Who was Cock Robin? And how has the history of the color red shaped the robin's ambivalent associations and unusual origin stories?

Author: Helen F. Wilson
ISBN-10: 1789146267
ISBN-13: 9781789146264
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Language: English
Published: 11/23/2022
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.35w x 0.55d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/2022 pg. 9