Bodsworth, Fred, 1918-

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.

Adult Follett Library Resources.

1887178007 (alk. paper)

95033194


Birds--Migration--Fiction.
Eskimo curlew--Fiction.
Extinct birds--Fiction.
Birds--Migration--Fiction.
Eskimo curlew--Fiction.
Extinct birds--Fiction.

PR9199.3.B56 / L37 1995

813/.54