Double Hyenas and Lazarus Birds: A Sideways Look at the Pacific Ocean and Everything in It - Paperback
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Double Hyenas and Lazarus Birds: A Sideways Look at the Pacific Ocean and Everything in It
Lauded essayist takes to the high seas in hot pursuit of elusive birds, artistic ghosts, fathers and their memories, and above all, safe harbor.
"Among nature writers now working, Charles Hood is my favorite." --Jonathan Franzen
Charles Hood is on a boat, wearing at least two life jackets as he scans the sky for seabirds and plumbs the depths of his--and our--relationship with the vast Pacific...
Poet and essayist Charles Hood has been a factory worker, a ski instructor, and a birding guide in Africa. His recent books published by Heyday include Nocturnalia, an appreciation of nature after dark, and the essay collection A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat: The Joys of Ugly Nature. His wildlife studies have taken him around the world, from the high Arctic to the South Pole, and from Tibet to...
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