A Wing and a Prayer - The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds

"Three years ago, headlines delivered shocking news: nearly three billion birds in North America have vanished over the past fifty years. No species has been spared, from the most delicate jeweled hummingbirds to scrappy black crows, from a rainbow of warblers to common birds such as owls and sparrows. For the past year, veteran journalists Anders and Beverly Gyllenhaal traveled more than 25,000 miles across the Americas, chronicling costly experiments, contentious politics, and new technologies to save our beloved birds from the brink of extinction. Through this compelling drama, A Wing and a Prayer offers hope and an urgent call to action: Birds are dying at an unprecedented pace. But there are encouraging breakthroughs across the hemisphere and still time to change course, if we act quickly"--

About the author

Anders Gyllenhaal was an investigative reporter at The Miami Herald and executive editor at The News & Observer, The Star Tribune (Minneapolis), and The Herald. He also served as the editorial vice president for the McClatchy Company’s thirty newsrooms and 2,000 journalists. He served on the Pulitzer Prize board for nine years.Beverly Gyllenhaal was a reporter, features writer, and food editor at The News & Observer and The Miami Herald. She coauthored a syndicated column that appeared in 100 newspapers around the US and produced three books with nearly half a million copies in print.
 

Product details

• Authors: Anders Gyllenhaal, Anders/ Gyllenhaal Gyllenhaal, Beverly Gyllenhaal
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9781982184551
• ISBN: 978-1-982184-55-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, NATURE / Animals / Birds, Biography: general, Climate Change, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, Geographical discovery & exploration, Wildlife: birds & birdwatching, Geographical discovery and exploration, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest