The Keepers of the Ghost Bird
Winner of the 2018 John Burrough’s Association Nature Essay Award
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The Keepers of the Ghost Bird chronicles the astonishing rediscovery of the Bermuda petrel, believed to have been extinct since 1625. It is the story of a tenacious bird and the naturalists who now fight to save it, amid the degradation of habitat in Bermuda. Dean’s tale of unlikely resurrection blends ecological and human history to weave a vivid and poetic tale of optimism and courage, a heartfelt portrait of human ingenuity and biological survival.
Now anthologized in When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers, Edited by Susan Fox Rogers. Order today: The Keepers of the Ghost Bird is nature writing at its finest—a fluid blend of natural and human history, vivid images of the cahows’ rugged home, a heartfelt plea for bird conservation, and the story of a personal quest and discovery.” More About The Keepers of the Ghost Bird |