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The Bird
Jules Michelet and Hector Giacomelli
To Jules Michelet, a bird is a burst of will and warmth against the vast indifference of sea and sky. From the egg to the frigate bird's soaring triumph, he tells the poetry of feathered life with a historian's sweep and a lover's passion. Lyrical and unlike any dry natural history. Take wing with a writer who saw wonder in every feather.
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30 chapters
- 1THE BIRD
- 2To Madame Michelet.
- 3Translator's Preface.
- 4Contents.
- 5How the Author was led to the Study of Nature.
- 6THE EGG.
- 7THE POLE. AQUATIC BIRDS.
- 8THE WING.
- 9THE FIRST FLUTTERINGS OF THE WING.
- 10TRIUMPH OF THE WING. THE FRIGATE BIRD.
- 11THE SHORES. DECAY OF CERTAIN SPECIES.
- 12THE HERONRIES OF AMERICA. WILSON, THE ORNITHOLOGIST.
- 13THE COMBAT. THE TROPICAL REGIONS.
- 14PURIFICATION.
- 15DEATH. BIRDS OF PREY.—(THE RAPTORES).
- 16THE LIGHT. THE NIGHT.
- 17STORM AND WINTER. MIGRATIONS.
- 18MIGRATIONS: CONTINUED. THE SWALLOW.
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