Historical Falconry

Historical Falconry PDF Author: Helen and Andrew Stewart
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445651157
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
Albion Falconry explore historical falconry.

The Kings and Their Hawks

The Kings and Their Hawks PDF Author: Robin S. Oggins
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300100587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294

Book Description
Perhaps the equivalent of polo-playing today, the sport of falconry was the preserve of the wealthy and royalty, regarded as both a suitable and enjoyable leisure activity, and as a source of status and prestige.

American Kestrels in Modern Falconry

American Kestrels in Modern Falconry PDF Author: Matthew Mullenix
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
"This extensive work represents a nuts-and-bolts approach to training and flying kestrels...A must-have for all apprentices and others who wish to know more about the intricacies of maintaining and flying a small raptor such as the American Kestrel." --Publisher's description.

Life with an Indian Prince

Life with an Indian Prince PDF Author: John Johnson Craighead
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780961983925
Category : Falconers
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
300 copies printed in a "Patron's" edition; half leather bound, slipcased, with handmade marbled endpapers and an original 5 x 7 color print of the authors, taken during the trip. ($320.00)

The Hawk of the Castle

The Hawk of the Castle PDF Author: Danna Smith
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763679925
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

Book Description
A young girl and her father, a medieval castle's falconer, spend the day taking their goshawk out for a training flight, introducing readers to the preparations and equipment used in the sport.

Sky Hunters

Sky Hunters PDF Author: Hossein Amirsadeghi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500976876
Category : Falconry
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
HUNTING OR SHOOTING ANIMALS & GAME. A superbly illustrated history of a magnificent sport, which unpicks myth from reality and highlights its many colourful characters. Traces falconry from its origin some 5000 years ago.

Falcon

Falcon PDF Author: Helen Macdonald
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780236891
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
Before best-selling author Helen Macdonald told the story of the goshawk in H Is for Hawk, she told the story of the falcon, in a cultural history of the masterful creature that can “cut the sky in two” with the “perfectly aerodynamic profile of a raindrop,” as she so incisively puts it. In talon-sharp prose she explores the spell the falcon has had over her and, by extension, all of us, whether we’ve seen them “through binoculars, framed on gallery walls, versified by poets, flown as hunting birds, through Manhattan windows, sewn on flags, stamped on badges, or winnowing through the clouds over abandoned arctic radar stations.” Macdonald dives through centuries and careens around the globe to tell the story of the falcon as it has flown in the wild skies of the natural world and those of our imagination. Mixing history, myth, and legend, she explores the long history of the sport of falconry in many human cultures—from Japan to Abu Dhabi to Oxford; she analyzes the falcon’s talismanic power as a symbol in art, politics, and business; and she addresses the ways we have both endangered and protected it. Along the way we discover how falcons were mobilized in secret military projects; their links with espionage, the Third Reich, the Holy Roman Empire, and space programs; and how they have figured in countless stories of heroism and, of course, the erotic. Best of all, Macdonald has given us something fresh: a new introduction that draws on all her experience to even further invigorate her cherished subject. The result is a deeply informed book written with the same astonishing lyrical grace that has captivated readers and had everyone talking about this writer-cum-falconer.
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