The Resource H is for hawk, Helen Macdonald
H is for hawk, Helen Macdonald
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The item H is for hawk, Helen Macdonald represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Glencoe Public Library.
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- Summary
- As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White's struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest. When her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She buys Mabel on a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge. Then she fills the freezer with hawk food and unplugs the phone, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 300 pages
- Note
- Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2014
- Isbn
- 9780802123411
- Label
- H is for hawk
- Title
- H is for hawk
- Statement of responsibility
- Helen Macdonald
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White's struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest. When her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She buys Mabel on a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge. Then she fills the freezer with hawk food and unplugs the phone, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals
- Awards note
- Dust jacket: "Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize"; "Costa Book of the Year 2014".
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1970-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Macdonald, Helen
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- QL696 F32
- LC item number
- M33 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Macdonald, Helen
- White, T. H.
- Hawks
- Grief
- Spirituality
- Falconers
- Human-animal relationships
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- H is for hawk, Helen Macdonald
- Note
- Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2014
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-297)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802123411
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn883651136
- (Sirsi) o883651136
- (OCoLC)883651136
- 1350186
- (OCoLC)ocn883651136
- (Sirsi) o883651136
- (OCoLC)883651136
- 1350186
- Label
- H is for hawk, Helen Macdonald
- Note
- Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 2014
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-297)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 300 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802123411
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn883651136
- (Sirsi) o883651136
- (OCoLC)883651136
- 1350186
- (OCoLC)ocn883651136
- (Sirsi) o883651136
- (OCoLC)883651136
- 1350186
Subject
- Grief
- Hawks
- Human-animal relationships -- Biography
- Macdonald, Helen, 1970-
- Spirituality
- Autobiographies
- White, T. H., (Terence Hanbury), 1906-1964 -- Influence
- Falconers -- Biography
Genre
Included in
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Animals
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Parenthood and Family
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