Notes of a provincial wildfowler
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Author
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- Windle, Kevin, 1947- - Contributor
Publication
1998 - Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Ill, Illinois
Language
English
Description
"The companion volume to his popular Notes on Fishing, Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler is Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov's guide to the bird species of his native Russia." "Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler is filled with precise descriptions of the various game that it treats: detailed accounts of the behavior of birds, observations on their life cycles, and lyrical discourses on the habitats - marsh, water, and forest - that comprise the Russian steppe.". "Offering a rich multitude of viewpoints philosophical, literary, linguistic, ethnographic, and environmental - Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler will appeal to a wide audience of readers, from birders to historians to those who relish fine literature."--BOOK JACKET.
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Series Statement
- Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory.
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