The Noise of Their Wings

Kantor, MacKinlay

Verlag: Coward-McCann, 1938

Beschreibung

First edition, 1938. Near fine, bright square copy, in an acceptable dust jacket, with tape reinforcement at top and bottom edges of the inside of the jacket. Light soil to unclipped dj and a few additional closed tears. No former owner marks. A noble novel about a man's attempt to restore passenger pigeons to America. Pulitzer prize novelist, author of "Andersonville". With multiple writing careers, as a journalist he was the first and only one allowed to ride with NYPD on their beat. He writing was based on significant historical research. The last passenger pigeon, Martha Washington, died in 1914. Her death sparked the conservation movement for the preservation of threatened species. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 310784

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Noise of Their Wings

Verlag: Coward-McCann

Erscheinungsdatum: 1938

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Acceptable

Auflage: First edition.