{"product_id":"the-peregrine-9781590171332","title":"The Peregrine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis extraordinary, poetic portrait of two peregrine falcons is one of the most beloved works of nature writing ever published.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom fall to spring, J.A. Baker set out to track the daily comings and goings of a pair of peregrine falcons across the flat fen lands of eastern England. He followed the birds obsessively, observing them in the air and on the ground, in pursuit of their prey, making a kill, eating, and at rest, activities he describes with an extraordinary fusion of precision and poetry. And as he continued his mysterious private quest, his sense of human self slowly dissolved, to be replaced with the alien and implacable consciousness of a hawk.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is this extraordinary metamorphosis, magical and terrifying, that these beautifully written pages record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. A. Baker\u003c\/b\u003e is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hill of Summer.\u003c\/i\u003e He was a native of Essex, England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Macfarlane\u003c\/b\u003e's \u003ci\u003eMountains of the Mind \u003c\/i\u003e(2003), about wilderness and the Western imagination, won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian First Book Award, among other prizes. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Old Ways\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Words\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnderland\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575636857106,"sku":"9781590171332","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3250c073-ad1e-411c-bdff-10deb15c6a3a.jpg?v=1731985694","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-peregrine-9781590171332","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}