Falcon fever: a falconer in the twenty-first century

Falcon fever: a falconer in the twenty-first century

Gallagher, Tim
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What is so compelling about falconry' Tim Gallagher mines his lifelong obsession with falcons for an answer in this engaging volume interweaving memoir, history, and travelogue. An entire subculture exists outside the mainstream of American society consisting of obsessed individuals (Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and film-writer Tony Huston among them) who still use the ancient training techniques and language of falconry. Gallagher finds that his personal story connects on many levels with that of Frederick II, the thirteenth-century Holy Roman Emperor, legendary falconer, and notorious freethinker who brought the full wrath of the medieval church down upon his dynasty. While following Frederick's footsteps through southern Italy, Gallagher ponders his personal history as well. What salve to his spirit did falconry provide when it ignited his passion at age twelve' Beset by a turbulent childhood dominated by a brutal and violent father, Gallagher turned to this sport for emotional release. He offers us a unique glimpse into the contemporary falconry subculture, and the result is a surprisingly frank and revealing personal story.;Introduction -- Part I. My back pages. 1. The falcon dreamer ; 2. Rex and Rowdy ; 3. The biker ; 4. Blow up ; 5. Flying free ; 6. Centerville days ; 7. The long spiral downward ; 8. Desolation row ; 9. O Tank -- Part II. My Frederick II year. 10. In Frederick II's footsteps ; 11. Winter in Wyoming ; 12. Highland fling ; 13. A born-again falconer ; 14. Forty years after ; 15. The Saracen citadel ; 16. The eye of Apulia ; 17. Jewel of the hill ; 18. On to Sicily ; 19. Palermo without a map ; 20. The hawks of Herculaneum ; 21. See Rome and die ; 22. Homeward bound -- Epilogue.
년:
2009
판:
1st Mariner bks. ed
출판사:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt;Mariner Books
언어:
english
ISBN 10:
1299903193
ISBN 13:
9781299903197
파일:
EPUB, 800 KB
IPFS:
CID , CID Blake2b
english, 2009
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