The barley bird : notes on the Suffolk nightingale
Mabey, Richard, 1941-2010
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Mabey explores the nightingale's link with Suffolk culture and landscape and traces the bird's course through myth, lore and tradition. He plumbs his subject for its fascinating literary and historical references and opens the readers ears to the bird itself and its extraordinary song.
Main title:
The barley bird : notes on the Suffolk nightingale / Richard Mabey ; images by Derrick Greaves.
Imprint:
Woodbridge : Full Circle, 2010.
Collation:
77 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780956186911 (hbk)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1694012
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