{"product_id":"the-last-of-the-bird-john-hanson-mitchell-9780982711576","title":"The Last of the Bird People","description":"In 1928, Massachusetts water authorities began land takings for the construction of the Quabbin Reservoir, in the Swift River Valley. Unknown to the authorities was the fact that, subsisting in the more remote, forested tracts of the valley, there was a secretive band of mixed-race hunter-gatherers who had been there for over ten generations. Mitchell's book is the story of the exodus of this tribe and the young anthropologist who first discovers them. The novel takes the form of a legal deposition, taken at the Everglades City Court House, in 1929, concerning the fate of these people. John Hanson Mitchell (http: \/\/johnhansonmitchell.com\/) is the author of Ceremonial Time: Fifteen Thousand Years on Once Square Mile (Counterpoint) and eight other books on cultural and environmental history, the most recent of which is The Paradise of All These Parts, A Natural History of Boston (Beacon Press). He is also the creator and editor of the award-winning magazine, Sanctuary, published by the Massachusetts Audubon Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Hanson Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0982711573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780982711576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilderness House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"John Hanson Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947551064319,"sku":"9780982711576","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_bb280b01-9eca-4a01-9379-837c046fd021.jpg?v=1681519376","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-of-the-bird-john-hanson-mitchell-9780982711576","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}