Author: Michael HarwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The View from Hawk Mountain
Author: Michael HarwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The View from Hawk Mountain
Author: Hawk Mountain
Author: John M. WrightPublisher:
ISBN: 9781933822129
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"More than 75,000 people come to Hawk Mountain each year to experience its majesty, particularly on the mountain's breathtaking North Lookout. That wonderment is captured here in a book that combines new reporting with classic descriptions and a treasury of photographs of the winged visitors that soar by this place in huge numbers. Based on two years of research and reporting, Hawk Mountain describes the wonders of raptors and their migration, showcases the site throughout the year, and offers chapters from celebrated books from the mountain's past, including Hawks Aloft, by the sanctuary's first curator, Maurice Broun. Hawk Mountain also features two illustrations by the noted nature artist Fred Wetzel, who has been associated with the sanctuary for more than 50 years." --Excerpted from book jacket.
Hawks Aloft
Author: Maurice BrounPublisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811727907
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Conservation classic Hawks Aloft chronicles the founding of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, the world's first refuge for birds of prey. This personal account by the Sanctuary, the world's first refuge for birds of prey. This personal account by the sanctuary's first curator, shares the difficulties and discoveries he and his wife encountered during their first years on the Mountain. Filled with information for the flora, fauna, people, and other natural phenomena of the Hawk Mountain region, this is a lively and sometimes funny account of the sanctuary's early years. Published in co-operation with the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association.
The View From Hawk Mountain. Illus. by Fred Wetzel
Author: Michael HarwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bird Watching Pennsylvania Hawk Mountain
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The Mountain and the Migration
Author: James J. BrettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Appalachian
Author: James Wosochlo Jr.Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480898775
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
The Appalachian Mountains have always been full of mystery, abounding in legends and bloodshed during the French Indian War and the Revolutionary War. However, from 1850 to 1889, a new horror haunted these lands. Secrets of devious deeds that were carefully hidden behind the walls of a tavern owned by Matthias Schaumboch. In his two-room tavern, Matthias confessed on his deathbed to murdering eleven to fourteen people before he lost count. Rumors had already abounded as locals whispered about Matthias killing lonely travelers for valuables and then dismembering the bodies. There were even rumors of Matthias feeding his victims to unknowing guests at Schaumboch’s Tavern. Only later were the atrocities confirmed when the property was purchased after Matthias’s death by William and Anne Turner. They began to find human skulls in the water wells and human bones on the property. Based on true events and local history, this is the story of America’s first serial killer. Even today, curious visitors can drive the lonely road to Hawk Mountain Sanctuary and view the tavern just off the road—at their own peril.
My Side of the Mountain
Author: Jean Craighead GeorgePublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593115007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book
Hawks at a Distance
Author: Jerry LiguoriPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691135592
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"Hawks at a Distance" is the first volume to focus on distant raptors as they are truly seen in the field. Jerry Liguori, a leading expert on North American raptors, factors in new information and approaches for identifying twenty-nine species of raptor in various lighting situations and settings. The field guide's nineteen full-color portraits, 558 color photos, and 896 black-and-white images portray shapes and plumages for each species from all angles. Useful flight identification criteria are provided and the accompanying text discusses all aspects of in-flight hawk identification, including flight style and behavior. Concentrating on features that are genuinely observable at a distance ..."--Jacket.
Ghost Hawk
Author: Susan CooperPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442481412
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
At the end of a winter-long journey into manhood, Little Hawk returns to find his village decimated by a white man's plague and soon, despite a fresh start, Little Hawk dies violently but his spirit remains trapped, seeing how his world changes.