A bird both mythic and real, the swan has captured the imagination of people throughout history, throughout the world. Perhaps only A. Lindsay Price, a poet and artist as well as one of the world's leading swan lovers, could do justice to such a creature. Beginning with her own sighting of the nearly-extinct Trumpeter Swan's first migration in over a century, Price tells the story of each of the world's swan breeds. Eloquent and learned, she takes a variety of perspectives: historical, cultural, mythical, biological, and personal to present her readers the swans of the world. From myth to science to rubber waders in duck blinds, Price follows the life-cycle of the swan. She traces all the swan species along their migration routes and discusses the features which make each species unique. She recalls ancient giant swans that spread their wings over the globe long before any recorded history and of the struggle to save the Trumpeter Swan from extinction. Fully illustrated with swans of legend, art, nature and the imagination, Swans of the World is a treasury and a treasure as well.
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