Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 307 pages
- Published by: American Birding Association
- Edition: 1st Edition June 1, 2003
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1878788418
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1878788412
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Book Dimensions:
8.5 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
- Weighs: 15.7 ounces
Reader ReviewsThis autobiography by the world's foremost birdwatcher is an inspiring story for everyone. Phoebe Snetsinger, at the age of 34, and after being diagnosed with malignant melanoma and given 6 months to live, dedicated herself to birding. For Phoebe this meant not only finding the birds, but learning everything she could about them, and then recording her experiences in great detail. In spite of recurrent episodes of her cancer, a gang rape in New Guinea, and many other misadventures, she succeeded in seeing over 8000 species of birds, a world record that may never be surpassed. She visited almost every area of the world several times, and tells her story with wit and charm. The book has many beautiful illustrations. For anyone interested in birds this is a must read; others will enjoy reading the well written adventures of an intrepid lady. Tragically, Phoebe was killed in a bus accident in Madagascar about 2 years ago, shortly after seeing one of her most wanted birds, a red-shouldered vanga.
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