Last of the curlews /
Fred Bodsworth ; foreword by W.S. Merwin ; afterword by Murray Gell-Mann ; illustrated by Abigail Rorer.
- Washington, D.C. : Counterpoint, 1995.
- xiii, 174 p. : ill ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-174).
Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.).
A novelization of the story of a solitary Eskimo curlew, a once plentiful species that is now on the brink of extinction, and its annual flight from the Arctic Circle to the tip of South America and back again in a increasingly futile search for a mate.