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The Big Year

By Mark Obmascik

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The Big Year

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A thrilling birdwatching adventure and true story of obsession, The Big Year chronicles the fiercely competitive quest of three men racing across North America to shatter a birding record for the ages. Every January 1, a quirky crowd storms out across North America for a spectacularly competitive event called a Big Year—a grand, expensive, and occasionally vicious 365-day marathon of birdwatching. For three men in particular, 1998 would become a grueling battle for a new North American birding record. Bouncing from coast to coast on frenetic pilgrimages for once-in-a-lifetime rarities, they brave broiling deserts, bug-infested swamps, and some of the lumpiest motel mattresses known to man. This unprecedented year of beat-the-clock adventures ultimately leads one man to a record so gigantic that it is unlikely ever to be bested. Here, prizewinning journalist Mark Obmascik creates a dazzling, fun narrative of the 275,000-mile odyssey of these three obsessives as they fight to win the greatest—or maybe worst—birding contest of all time.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
288
Release Date:
2011-09-27
Publication Date:
2011-09-27
Publisher:
Atria Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
145164860X
ISBN13:
9781451648607
Weight:
251 g
Height:
139 cm
Width:
213 cm
Thickness:
32 cm

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