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Mateship with Birds

By Chisholm, A H

Mateship with Birds

By Chisholm, A H

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With the original introduction by C.J. Dennis and a new foreword by Sean Dooley. Ninety years on, A.H. Chisholm's classic Mateship with Birds is still as fresh and inspirational as an early-morning walk in the bush, the air resounding with birdsong. His account of the secret lives of birds - their seasonal doings and their complex relationships - reflects his patient and detailed observations, and his deep enjoyment of the Australian bush and all its inhabitants. This is not just a book for bird-lovers. Chisholm's charming and often humorous prose reveals a man who loves words as well as birds. His style of writing and the historical photographs accompanying his text provide a gentle record of a period that already feels like 'the old days'. But Chisholm wrote with an urgent message to the future. He could clearly see the threat that 'the moving finger of Civilisation' posed to birdlife, and his account of the tragic demise of the Paradise Parrot ends with this passionate exhortation: 'What are the bird-lovers of Australia going to do about this matter of vanishing Parrots? Surely it is a subject worthy of the closest attention of all good Australians.' With the reissuing of this book, we honour these words, and offer his delight in 'the loveliest and the best of Nature's children' to a new generation.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
200
Release Date:
2013-10-01
Publication Date:
2013-03-25
Publisher:
Scribe Publications Pty Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1922070327
ISBN13:
9781922070326
Weight:
431 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
213 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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