Cool North Wind: Morley Nelson's Life With Birds of Prey

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 429 pages
• Published by: Caxton Press September 10, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0870044265
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0870044267
• Book Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.4 inches
• Weighs: 2 pounds

Product Review
Certainly everybody interested in raptors will want to read this fascinating and informative biography of Morley Nelson. Most highly recommended. -- International Hawkwatcher

It is truly an amazing book, and a fun, entertaining, and enlightening read! -- American Falconry December 2002 American Falconry, December 2002

Morlan Nelson, moreso perhaps than anyone in two centuries, is responsible for the field of American raptor conservation. -- Halk Chalk, December 2002

No wonder. Morley Nelson has done nothing less than change the nation’s attitude toward raptors. -- Black Canyon Quarterly, Winter 2002

Product Description
Morley Nelson is one of the driving forces behind the wildly successful worlwide effort to save birds of prey from extinction. His television work with Disney, John Denver, Nell Newman, Vanessa Redgrave and Marlin Perkins helped bring the plight of the world's raptors into the national consciousness and in doing so fueled subsequent conservation efforts. His status among falconers and those concerned with the preservation of birds of prey is legendary. But his story is much more than this.

A decorated member of the Army's 10th Mountain Division, Nelson was wounded during the 10th's famed assault on Nazi positions in Italy's Appenine Mountains. He has traveled the world advising and teaching school children, Saudi kings, presidents, politicians and Hollywood celebrities about the beauty and power of the birds of prey that he loves. He has worked intimately with American business to show that saving raptors can be good for business. Most importantly, he has contributed mightily to the preservation of one of our nation's most gorgeous resources. Morley Nelson is indeed an American hero. This is his story.

Reader Reviews
There is a great story in the life of Morley Nelson, and Steve Stuebner tells it well in this fascinating biography. Nelson has dedicated his life to the rehabilitation and protection of raptors--those big birds that are really into eating meat. When an eagle pierces Morley's chin through to the roof of his mouth with its talons, Morley reasons that the bird hadn't done it with malice. It had simply mistaken his tongue for a snack. This book is loaded with "bits" like this--on Morley's life as a film maker, conservationist, family man, and soldier. Stuebner deftly relates incidents from Morley's service in the 10th Mountain Division during WW II, his grievous personal losses, and his professional triumphs. This is a book that anybody--not just raptor wonks--can enjoy.