{"product_id":"the-bedside-book-of-birds-an-avian-miscellany-hardcover","title":"The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGraeme Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing a new foreword by Margaret Atwood  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher Graeme Gibson offers an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and \u003cbr\u003ebirds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From the Aztec plumed serpent to the Christian dove to Plato's vision of the human soul growing wings, religion and philosophy use birds to represent our aspirational selves. Winged creatures appear in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as Ovid, Thoreau, and T. S. Eliot. They've been omens, allegories, and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, and feared. Birds figure tellingly in the work of such nature writers as Gilbert White and Peter Matthiessen, and are synonymous with the science of Darwin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGibson spent years collecting this gorgeously illustrated celebration of centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes. \u003ci\u003eThe Bedside Book of Birds\u003c\/i\u003e is for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity creates to represent its soul.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGRAEME GIBSON was born in London, Ontario, in 1934. He was the author of three novels, \u003ci\u003eFive Legs\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), \u003ci\u003eCommunion\u003c\/i\u003e (1971) and \u003ci\u003ePerpetual Motion\u003c\/i\u003e (1982), and of two bedside companions, \u003ci\u003eThe Bedside Book of Birds\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and \u003ci\u003eThe Bedside Book of Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). An important spokesman for Canadian cultural identity, Gibson was the initial organizer and a founding member of the Writers' Union of Canada, and was its chairman in 1976. He was also an organizer and founding member of the Writers' Trust, a non-profit organization, and was subsequently its chairman. From 1987 to 1989, he was president of the Canadian Centre of International PEN. In 1990, he won a Toronto Arts Award for writing and publishing, and, in 1992 he received the Order of Canada. Graeme Gibson died in September 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45275931639861,"sku":"9780385547130","price":47.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/9716\/4597\/files\/WE1QNG5na0ZBZE1KQTVRSlA1d1ZaZz09.webp?v=1780518591","url":"https:\/\/thelittlewildlibrary.com\/products\/the-bedside-book-of-birds-an-avian-miscellany-hardcover","provider":"the little wild library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}