Full name: The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes

Author: Peter Matthiessen Year: 2001 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Animals, Non Fiction, Travel, Science Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780865476578 9780374199449 0865476578 0374199442

"You don't have to be a 'craniac' . . . to appreciate [this book] . . . All you really need is a passion for prose as good as it gets." --Chicago Tribune In legend, cranes often figure as harbingers of heaven and omens of longevity and good fortune. And in nature, they are an "umbrella species" whose well-being assures that of the ecosystem at large. The Birds of Heaven chronicles Peter Matthiessen's many journeys on five continents in search of the fifteen species of cranes. His telling captures the dilemmas of a planet in ecological crisis, and the deep loss to humankind if these beautiful and imposing creatures are allowed to disappear. Similar books: The Thing with Feathers by Noah Strycker The Snow Geese by William Fiennes Crow Country by Mark Cocker Mrs Moreau's Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names by Stephen Moss Birdology by Sy Montgomery The Grail Bird by Tim Gallagher Hope Is the Thing with Feathers by Christopher Cokinos Living on the Wind by Scott Weidensaul Wild America by Roger Tory Peterson Corvus by Esther Woolfson Spix's Macaw by Tony Juniper The Life of Birds by David Attenborough Crows by Candace Savage The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman The Life of the Skies by Jonathan Rosen The Cloud Forest by Peter Matthiessen The Animal Dialogues by Craig Childs The View from Lazy Point by Carl Safina The Last Unicorn by William DeBuys Chasing Kangaroos by Tim Flannery