The Big Year

Informationen zum Autor Mark Obmascik has been a journalist for over two decades, most recently at the 'Denver Post', where he was lead writer for the newspaper's Pulitzer Prize. He has also won the National Press Club Award for his environmental journalism. An obsessed birdwatcher himself, he lives in Denver with his wife and sons. Klappentext Each year, hundreds of people set out across North America determined to set a new record in a spectacularly competitive event. Is it tennis? Golf? No, it's bird-watching, and a contest known as the Big Year. This title chronicles the 275,000-mile odyssey of three unlikely adventurers who take their bird-watching so seriously it nearly kills them. Zusammenfassung Each year, hundreds of people set out across North America determined to set a new record in a spectacularly competitive event. Is it tennis? Golf? No, it's bird-watching, and a contest known as the Big Year. This title chronicles the 275,000-mile odyssey of three unlikely adventurers who take their bird-watching so seriously it nearly kills them.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Obmascik
• Publisher: Bantam UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2011
• EAN: 9780857500694
• ISBN: 978-0-85750-069-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Bantam Press
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)