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Index of Subjects --001636ed76f6fae6120478fd373c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, I just saw that book in Chapters, and it looked like fun, so I bought it - but I haven't had a chance to read any of it yet. A book I did read, though, but in a very different vein, was Birds in Fall, by Brad Kessler - a novel, set in a fictional Nova Scotia village, where a fictional airliner crashes just offshore, killing all the passengers - one of whom is married to an ornithologist, who goes to the crash site, and is helped to come to terms with it all by reminiscing about his bird migration studies. Sounds pretty gloomy (which it is), but it's well written, and full of accurate (for once) data about bird migration. Richard On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Peter Payzant <pce@accesswave.ca> wrote: > Hi, all- > > This is a suggestion for a very enjoyable read with a natural history > theme. You probably know that the Labrador Duck is extinct. The last known > one was shot over a hundred years ago. Some of them were shot in the waters > around Nova Scotia, including Halifax Harbour. > > There are 55 known skins in the world. A few years ago, an ornithologist > from Calgary named Glen Chilton decided to take on the project of seeing all > of them. It took him more than nine years, and he traveled all over the > world in his quest, but eventually he did get to see them all. > > Now he's written a book about his travels. It's part Paul Theroux and part > Stephen Leacock, and quite entertaining. I got a copy from the Halifax > Public Libraries; other libraries should be able to get it for you as well. > > Peter Payzant > > p.s. He offers a $10,000 reward for anyone who can lead him to a Labrador > Duck skin which he has not yet seen. > > > The Curse of the Labrador Duck > Glen Chilton > ISBN 978-1-55468-362-8 > > -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --001636ed76f6fae6120478fd373c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<br><br>I just saw that book in Chapters, and it looked like fun, so I b= ought it - but I haven't had a chance to read any of it yet. A book I d= id read, though, but in a very different vein, was Birds in Fall, by Brad K= essler - a novel, set in a fictional Nova Scotia village, where a fictional= airliner crashes just offshore, killing all the passengers - one of whom i= s married to an ornithologist, who goes to the crash site, and is helped to= come to terms with it all by reminiscing about his bird migration studies.= Sounds pretty gloomy (which it is), but it's well written, and full of= accurate (for once) data about bird migration.<br> <br>Richard<br><br><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 = at 6:07 PM, Peter Payzant <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:pce@acces= swave.ca">pce@accesswave.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"g= mail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt= 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" text=3D"#000000"> <font size=3D"-1"><font face=3D"Arial">Hi, all-<br> <br> This is a suggestion for a very enjoyable read with a natural history theme. You probably know that the Labrador Duck is extinct. The last known one was shot over a hundred years ago. Some of them were shot in the waters around Nova Scotia, including Halifax Harbour.<br> <br> There are 55 known skins in the world. A few years ago, an ornithologist from Calgary named Glen Chilton decided to take on the project of seeing all of them. It took him more than nine years, and he traveled all over the world in his quest, but eventually he did get to see them all.<br> <br> Now he's written a book about his travels. It's part Paul Theroux a= nd part Stephen Leacock, and quite entertaining. I got a copy from the Halifax Public Libraries; other libraries should be able to get it for you as well.<br> <br> Peter Payzant<br> <br> p.s. He offers a $10,000 reward for anyone who can lead him to a Labrador Duck skin which he has not yet seen.<br> <br> <br> The Curse of the Labrador Duck<br> Glen Chilton<br> ISBN 978-1-55468-362-8<br> <br> </font></font> </div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Ri= chard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T= 0<br><br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.com</= a><br> ###################<br> --001636ed76f6fae6120478fd373c--
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