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Falcon / Helen MacDonald

A memoir detailing the process of training a goshawk as a response to sudden bereavement. It examines the relationship between the wildness of the predator and the experience of grief, drawing on the history and literature of falconry.

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Accession Number: 2033

Site: Vernon O Content

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Binding Type: Hard Back

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