The Rites of Autumn (Flamingo)

by Dan O ' Brien (Author), Dan O ' Brien (Author)

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  Paperback
  1990

  $3.27

  The author's account of a 2000-mile journey from the Canadian border to the Mexican Gulf, with a young peregrine falcon he rescued from the wild. His purpose was to teach her to survive on her own. It is the story of one man's personal quest, searching for a balance between the wild and domesticity. Dan O'Brien has also written a novel, Spirit of the Hills and a collection of short stories, Eminent Domain . He won the University of Iowa Short Fiction Award in 1986.