{"product_id":"hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers-isbn-9781585427222","title":"Hope Is the Thing with Feathers","description":"A prizewinning poet and nature writer weaves together natural history, biology, sociology, and personal narrative to tell the story of the lives, habitats, and deaths of six extinct bird species.\"This story-of the ghost species still haunting this continent-is full of power and mystery.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Bill McKibben, author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A eulogy, a call to conservation, and a careful history.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Cokinos balances the emotional impact of the last days of six species with tales of heroic efforts to save them by a handful of bird-lovers.\" \u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Lovingly persistent detective work brings back flashes of color, bits of song, and curious lore. This book deserves a wide and devoted readership.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Sheila Nickerson, author of \u003ci\u003eDisappearance: A Map\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A marvelous book, beautifully written and filled with a poetry of evocative detail.\" \u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Eloquent and moving . . . a charming narrative that is both personal and historically meticulous.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Resounds with excitement.\" \u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003eChristopher Cokinos is an award-winning writer and poet, and a professor of English at Utah State University. He has received the Whiting Writers’ Award, the Glasgow Prize for an emerging writer in nonfiction, and the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award.","brand":"Tarcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299845787877,"sku":"NP9781585427222","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781585427222.jpg?v=1767729215","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers-isbn-9781585427222","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}