"Birds have always fascinated me," writes Alastair Morrison in this charming memoir of a young man making his way in the world in the 1930s and 1940s. The Bird Fancier is an engaging account of the author's own travels through Britain, Scandinavia, Iceland, Europe, South America, and Asia, in search of bird specimens for the British Museum and live birds for the London Zoo.
Pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Pandanus Books
Release
August 01, 2001
ISBN
1740760069
ISBN 13
9781740760065
The Bird Fancier: a Journey to Peking: A Journey to Peking
"Birds have always fascinated me," writes Alastair Morrison in this charming memoir of a young man making his way in the world in the 1930s and 1940s. The Bird Fancier is an engaging account of the author's own travels through Britain, Scandinavia, Iceland, Europe, South America, and Asia, in search of bird specimens for the British Museum and live birds for the London Zoo.