{"product_id":"9780807085790","title":"Soaring with Fidel: An Osprey Odyssey from Cape Cod to Cuba and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Book Sense Notable Title\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As Gessner pursues [the ospreys] down the Eastern Seaboard and even into Cuba with a BBC documentary team at his heels, a lively tale of fish-eating raptors, broken embargoes and a nail-biting race to the finish line ensues . . . Gessner finds his Mecca not in the thrilling launch or triumphant end of his own 7,000-mile migration, but in the living done in between.\"—Jennifer Winger, \u003ci\u003eNature Conservancy Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An engaging, lyrical guide to osprey migration, Cuba, and a common humanity.\"—\u003ci\u003eOrion Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Gessner's finest book, unpredictable in the best way, and funny, too; an adventure book and much more—a book of contact by a writer who quickly becomes an audible and visible presence.\"—Clyde Edgerton, author of \u003ci\u003eSolo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An interesting and complex book . . . In a surprisingly short amount of time, David Gessner has evolved into one of our most accomplished and singular writers about nature. While many authors treat their experiences in nature with a hushed earnestness and a suspect neatness, Gessner writes about the messy humanness of being outside.\"—Mark Lynch, \u003ci\u003eBird Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An ideal traveling companion and guide. \u003ci\u003eSoaring with Fidel\u003c\/i\u003e lets you hover for a while in the thermals of fine language, seeing the same old world from a fresh and invigorating altitude.\"—Ben Steelman, \u003ci\u003eWilmington (NC) Star-News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47015218741488,"sku":"9780807085790","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807085790_p0.jpg?v=1763728951","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807085790","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}