H is for Hawk / Helen MacDonald.
Publication details: London : Jonathan Cape, 2014.Description: 300 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780224097000 : (hbk.)
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| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loanable Book | Library | Biography | 920 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 000444884 |
Winner of the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction 2014.
"As a child, Helen MacDonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T. H. White's tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White's struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest." - see dustjacket.
Helen Macdonald is a writer, poet, illustrator, historian and affiliate at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Her books include Falcon (2006) and Shaler's Fish (2001).
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