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A prizewinning poet and nature writer weaves together natural history, biology, sociology, and personal narrative to tell the story of the lives, habitats, and deaths of six extinct bird species.

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9781585427222

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This story-of the ghost species still haunting this continent-is full of power and mystery. -Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature A eulogy, a call to conservation, and a careful history. -Chicago Tribune Cokinos balances the emotional impact of the last days of six species with tales of heroic efforts to save them by a handful of bird-lovers. -USA Today Lovingly persistent detective work brings back flashes of color, bits of song, and curious lore. This book deserves a wide and devoted readership. -Sheila Nickerson, author of Disappearance: A Map A marvelous book, beautifully written and filled with a poetry of evocative detail. -The Philadelphia Inquirer Eloquent and moving . . . a charming narrative that is both personal and historically meticulous. -The Washington Post Book World Resounds with excitement. -The Boston Globe

This story-of the ghost species still haunting this continent-is full of power and mystery. <br> -Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature <br><br> A eulogy, a call to conservation, and a careful history. <br> - Chicago Tribune <br><br> Cokinos balances the emotional impact of the last days of six species with tales of heroic efforts to save them by a handful of bird-lovers. <br>- USA Today <br><br> Lovingly persistent detective work brings back flashes of color, bits of song, and curious lore. This book deserves a wide and devoted readership. <br> -Sheila Nickerson, author of Disappearance: A Map <br><br> A marvelous book, beautifully written and filled with a poetry of evocative detail. <br>- The Philadelphia Inquirer <br><br> Eloquent and moving . . . a charming narrative that is both personal and historically meticulous. <br> - The Washington Post Book World <br><br> Resounds with excitement. <br>- The Boston Globe

aThis storyaof the ghost species still haunting this continentais full of power and mystery.a<br> aBill McKibben, author of The End of Nature <br> aA eulogy, a call to conservation, and a careful history.a<br> a Chicago Tribune <br> aCokinos balances the emotional impact of the last days of six species with tales of heroic efforts to save them by a handful of bird-lovers.a <br>a USA Today <br> aLovingly persistent detective work brings back flashes of color, bits of song, and curious lore. This book deserves a wide and devoted readership.a<br> aSheila Nickerson, author of Disappearance: A Map <br> aA marvelous book, beautifully written and filled with a poetry of evocative detail.a <br>a The Philadelphia Inquirer <br> aEloquent and moving . . . a charming narrative that is both personal and historically meticulous.a<br> a The Washington Post Book World <br> aResounds with excitement.a <br>a The Boston Globe

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Christopher Cokinos is an award-winning writer and poet, and a professor of English at Utah State University. He has received the Whiting Writers' Award, the Glasgow Prize for an emerging writer in nonfiction, and the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award.

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