Peregrine Spring

A Master Falconer's Extraordinary Life with Birds of Prey

By (author) Nancy Cowan Foreword by Sy Montgomery, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Paperback - £18.99

Publication date:

01 December 2017

Length of book:

296 pages

Publisher

Lyons Press

ISBN-13: 9781493029976

Now in paperback!

  • A New York Times eBook bestseller
  • Winner of the Best Book of 2016, New England Outdoor Writers Association
  • Foreword by bestselling authors Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
  • 85 million people in the U.S. are interested in birds and birding.
Peregrine Spring gives readers a new perspective on the relationship between humans and the natural world. Cowan’s raptors have immersed her so much into their world that she has found herself courted by a Goshawk and bossed about by a Harris’ Hawk. The book carries her readers along, so they, too, meet hawks and falcons in ways they never imagined possible.

Nancy Cowan is a master falconer, wildlife rescue expert, and award-winning writer. She and her husband founded the internationally-known New Hampshire School of Falconry.
“Nancy Cowan's Peregrine Spring is the best narrative of a modern falconer's life I know. It’s not a how-to, though you can learn plenty from it. Nor does Nancy pose as an all-knowing 'Master,' though she is a master—or mistress—of our ancient practice. What she does give us is a falconry pilgrim’s progress, from beginner to teacher, with all the thrills and delights and sometimes horrors that accompany the journey. I plan to give this book to every person who approaches me and wishes to become a falconer. It’s essential.” --Steve Bodio, author of A Rage for Falcons and Eagle Dreams