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The Goshawk: With a new foreword by Helen Macdonald
T.h. White
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Description for The Goshawk: With a new foreword by Helen Macdonald
hardcover. This modern classic of nature writing by the author of THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING was an inspiration for and featured in Helen Macdonald's prize-winning H IS FOR HAWK. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
With a foreword by Helen Macdonald, author of the multi-award-winning H IS FOR HAWK. 'No hawk can be a pet. There is no sentimentality. In a way, it is the psychiatrist's art. One is matching one's mind against another mind with deadly reason and interest. One desires no transference of affection, demands no ignoble homage or gratitude. It is a tonic for the less forthright savagery of the human heart.' First published in 1951, T.H. White's memoir describes with searing honesty his attempt to train a wild goshawk, a notoriously difficult bird to master. ... Read more
With a foreword by Helen Macdonald, author of the multi-award-winning H IS FOR HAWK. 'No hawk can be a pet. There is no sentimentality. In a way, it is the psychiatrist's art. One is matching one's mind against another mind with deadly reason and interest. One desires no transference of affection, demands no ignoble homage or gratitude. It is a tonic for the less forthright savagery of the human heart.' First published in 1951, T.H. White's memoir describes with searing honesty his attempt to train a wild goshawk, a notoriously difficult bird to master. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Orion Publishing Group
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474601665
SKU
9781474601665
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About T.h. White
T. H. White (1906-1964) was born in Bombay, India, and educated at Queen's College, Cambridge. He was the author of twenty-six published books, but he is perhaps best known for his sequence of novels reimagining the Arthurian legend, referred to collectively as THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING, the fantasy MISTRESS MASHAM'S RESPONSE and THE GOSHAWK. He died at sea on ... Read more
Reviews for The Goshawk: With a new foreword by Helen Macdonald
Fascinating and moving.
The Times
Nature writing at its very best.
EVENT, Mail on Sunday
The Times
Nature writing at its very best.
EVENT, Mail on Sunday