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J.A. Baker’s masterful nature writing documents a decade‑long quest to follow and understand the peregrine falcon as its survival hung in the balance. Through detailed observation and deep ecological insight, Baker offers a vivid, personal account of the bird and the broader environmental concerns that surrounded its fate.
First publish date: 1967
Genre: Travel & Geography/Nature & Wildlife
Authors: Baker, J. A.
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