{"product_id":"soaring-with-fidel-david-gessner-9780807085790","title":"Soaring with Fidel: An Osprey Odyssey from Cape Cod to Cuba and Beyond","description":"A Book Sense Notable Title \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As Gessner pursues [the ospreys] down the Eastern Seaboard and even into Cuba with a BBC documentary team at his heels, a lively tale of fish-eating raptors, broken embargoes and a nail-biting race to the finish line ensues . . . Gessner finds his Mecca not in the thrilling launch or triumphant end of his own 7,000-mile migration, but in the living done in between.\"--Jennifer Winger, \u003ci\u003eNature Conservancy Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An engaging, lyrical guide to osprey migration, Cuba, and a common humanity.\"--\u003ci\u003eOrion Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gessner's finest book, unpredictable in the best way, and funny, too; an adventure book and much more--a book of contact by a writer who quickly becomes an audible and visible presence.\"--Clyde Edgerton, author of \u003ci\u003eSolo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An interesting and complex book . . . In a surprisingly short amount of time, David Gessner has evolved into one of our most accomplished and singular writers about nature. While many authors treat their experiences in nature with a hushed earnestness and a suspect neatness, Gessner writes about the messy humanness of being outside.\"--Mark Lynch, \u003ci\u003eBird Observer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An ideal traveling companion and guide. \u003ci\u003eSoaring with Fidel\u003c\/i\u003e lets you hover for a while in the thermals of fine language, seeing the same old world from a fresh and invigorating altitude.\"--Ben Steelman, \u003ci\u003eWilmington (NC) Star-News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Gessner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807085790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807085790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.35w x 0.89d","brand":"David Gessner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990378447103,"sku":"9780807085790","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_534bd837-76b3-40fe-806f-fc04e1490253.jpg?v=1683304331","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/soaring-with-fidel-david-gessner-9780807085790","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}