{"product_id":"the-big-year-a-tale-of-man-nature-and-fowl-obsession-9781451648607","title":"The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession","description":"Every January 1, a quirky crowd storms out across North America for a spectacularly competitive event called a Big Year--a grand, expensive, and occasionally vicious 365-day marathon of birdwatching. For three men in particular, 1998 would become a grueling battle for a new North American birding record. Bouncing from coast to coast on frenetic pilgrimages for once-in-a-lifetime rarities, they brave broiling deserts, bug-infested swamps, and some of the lumpiest motel mattresses known to man. This unprecedented year of beat-the-clock adventures ultimately leads one man to a record so gigantic that it is unlikely ever to be bested. Here, prizewinning journalist Mark Obmascik creates a dazzling, fun narrative of the 275,000-mile odyssey of these three obsessives as they fight to win the greatest-- or maybe worst--birding contest of all time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObmascik, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Mark Obmascik is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Year\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into a movie, and \u003ci\u003eHalfway to Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e. He won the 2009 National Outdoor Book Award for outdoor literature, the 2003 National Press Club Award for environmental journalism, and was the lead writer for the \u003ci\u003eDenver Post \u003c\/i\u003eteam that won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Denver with his wife and their three sons.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50656385040658,"sku":"9781451648607","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5854edac-d92a-4865-b07e-25809b222563.jpg?v=1733386990","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-big-year-a-tale-of-man-nature-and-fowl-obsession-9781451648607","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}