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100	1		_aMacdonald, Helen _d(1970 -)
245	1	0	_aH is for hawk _c/ Helen Macdonald
260			_aNew York _b: Grove Press _c, 2014
300			_a300 p. : _c22 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520	3		_aWhen Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer - Helen had been captivated by hawks since childhood - she'd never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators, the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the goshawk's fierce and feral temperament mirrored her own. Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel, and turned to the guidance of The Once and Future King author T.H. White's chronicle The Goshawk to begin her challenging endeavor. Projecting herself "in the hawk's wild mind to tame her" tested the limits of Macdonald's humanity and changed her life. Heart-wrenching and humorous, this book is an unflinching account of bereavement and a unique look at the magnetism of an extraordinary beast, with a parallel examination of a legendary writer's eccentric falconry. Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writing and memoir from a literary innovator.
546			_aEnglish
586			_aWinner of the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize. Named the Costa Book of the Year. A Guardian and Economist Best Book of the Year.
600	1	4	_aMacdonald, Helen _d(1970 -)
600	1	4	_aWhite, T. H. _q(Terence Hanbury) _d(1906-1964)
650		4	_aFalconry
650		4	_aGoshawk
650		4	_aGrief
650		4	_aSpirituality
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