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The Big Year audiobook
- By: Mark Obmascik
- Narrator: Del Roy
- Category: Birdwatching Guides, Nature
- Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2003
- Language: English
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The Big Year Audiobook Summary
A classic in the making — an account of the biggest year in birdwatching history.
In the USA, some 50 million people lay claim to being bird-watchers or “birders,” spending billions of dollars on birding-related travel and membership fees every year. A select, and utterly obsessed, few compete in one of the world’s quirkiest contests — the race to spot the most species in North America in a single year. And 1998 wasn’t just a big year. It was the biggest. The Big Year is Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Obmascik’s account of what was to become the greatest birding year of all time.
It was freak weather conditions that ensured all previous records were broken, but what becomes clear within the pages of this classic portrait of obsession is that while our feathered friends may be the objective of the Big Year competition, it’s the curious activities and behavioural patterns of the pursuing “homo sapiens” that are the real cause for concern. It is a contest that reveals much of the human character in extremes. Such are the author’s powers of observation that he brilliantly brings to life and gets under the skin of these extraordinary, eccentric and obsessive birders while empathizing with and eventually succumbing to the all-consuming nature of their obsession. The result is a wonderfully funny, acutely observed classic to rank alongside the best of Bill Bryson.
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The Big Year Full Details
| Narrator | Del Roy |
| Length | 9 hours 53 minutes |
| Author | Mark Obmascik |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | April 28, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781415901960 |
Subjects
The publisher of the The Big Year is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: binoculars, birds, nature, animals, bird watching gifts, animal books, wildlife, travel gifts, bird books, bird watching, nature books, bird guide, bird book, hiking, bird identification books, hiking books, travel book, history, travel, travel books, appalachian trail, bucket list, bird watching book, gifts for hikers, bird lover gifts, gifts for bird lovers, hiking book, animal lover gifts, bird field guide, gifts for animal lovers, bird watcher gifts, nature lover gifts, birdwatcher gifts, landmarks, bird watching books, Nature, Birdwatching Guides, Nature, Animals, Birds, Travel, Hikes & Walks The BISAC Subject Code is Birdwatching Guides, Nature
Additional info
The publisher of the The Big Year is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9781415901960.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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