With a foreword by Helen Macdonald, author of the multi-award-winning H IS FOR HAWK.
'No hawk can be a pet. There is no sentimentality. In a way, it is the psychiatrist's art. One is matching one's mind against another mind with deadly reason and interest. One desires no transference of affection, demands no ignoble homage or gratitude. It is a tonic for the less forthright savagery of the human heart.'
First published in 1951, T.H. White's memoir describes with searing honesty his attempt to train a wild goshawk, a notoriously difficult bird to master. With no previous experience and only a few hopelessly out-of-date books on falconry as a guide, he set about trying to bend the will of his young bird Gos to his own. Suffering setback after setback, the solitary and troubled White nonetheless found himself obsessively attached to the animal he hoped would one day set him free.
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Descripción Condición: new. (Hardcover, 2015). (1951) 2015 new edition. 8vo (140 x 204mm). Pp215,ad. Unillustrated, foreword by Helen Macdonald. Matt laminated boards. Mint. Issued without dust-wrapper. This is a brand-new edition of T.H. White's terrific narrative of manning and flying his goshawk. Includes a new foreword by Helen Macdonald, author of H is For Hawk. A classic. "The Goshawk is the story of a concentrated duel between Mr. White and a great beautiful hawk during the training of the latter - the record of an intense clash of wills in which the pride and endurance of the wild raptor are worn down and broken by the almost insane willpower of the schoolmaster-falconer. It is comic; it is tragic; it is all absorbing. .we may be sure that the experiences recorded in The Goshawk have marked Mr. White for life." PREVIOUS PRICE £12.99. Nº de ref. del artículo: 38988
Descripción Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. With a foreword by Helen Macdonald, author of the multi-award-winning H IS FOR HAWK.'No hawk can be a pet. There is no sentimentality. In a way, it is the psychiatrist's art. One is matching one's mind against another mind with deadly reason and interest. One desires no transference of affection, demands no ignoble homage or gratitude. It is a tonic for the less forthright savagery of the human heart.'First published in 1951, T.H. White's memoir describes with searing honesty his attempt to train a wild goshawk, a notoriously difficult bird to master. With no previous experience and only a few hopelessly out-of-date books on falconry as a guide, he set about trying to bend the will of his young bird Gos to his own. Suffering setback after setback, the solitary and troubled White nonetheless found himself obsessively attached to the animal he hoped would one day set him free. This modern classic of nature writing by the author of THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING was an inspiration for and featured in Helen Macdonald's prize-winning H IS FOR HAWK. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781474601665
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Descripción Condición: New. This modern classic of nature writing by the author of THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING was an inspiration for and featured in Helen Macdonald's prize-winning H IS FOR HAWK. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298. . 2015. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781474601665