Displaying 1 of 1 2008 Format: Book Author: Gallagher, Tim. Title: Falcon fever : a falconer in the twenty-first century / Tim Gallagher. Publisher, Date: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008. Description: x, 326 pages ; 23 cm Summary: The author shares his lifelong obsession with falcons, discusses the subculture of individuals involved in falconry, and explores the role of the sport in providing him with emotional solace in response to his turbulent childhood. Subjects: Gallagher, Tim. Falconers -- United States -- Biography. Falconry -- United States -- Anecdotes. Falconry -- Italy -- Anecdotes. Genre: Biographies. Anecdotes. Contents: pt. I. My back pages : The falcon dreamer -- Rex and Rowdy -- The biker -- Blow up -- Flying free -- Centerville days -- The long spiral downward -- Desolation row -- O Tank -- pt. II. My Frederick II year : In Frederick II's footsteps -- Winter in Wyoming -- Highland fling -- A born-again falconer -- Forty years after -- The Saracen Citadel -- The eye of Apulia -- Jewel of the hill -- On to Sicily -- Palermo without a map -- The hawks of Herculaneum -- See Rome and die -- Homeward bound. Web Site: Sample text Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2007043923 ISBN: 0618805753 9780618805754 Other Number: 180204871 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 249792 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 799.232 Gallaghe Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
