The Killers The Tale of a Fighting Cock and a Wild Hawk
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Nein
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Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
01.04.2025
Verlag
Open Road MediaSeitenzahl
230 (Printausgabe)
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3049 KB
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Englisch
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9798337200354
A showdown ensues between a bird of prey and a barnyard rooster in this masterpiece of nature fiction from the author of
The Fox and the Hound.
Whitehackle comes from a long line of fighting cocks, but exceeds expectations as he rises to the top of the pecking order. His reputation grows when he chases off a fox and attacks a hawk in gallant defense of one his hens. The arrogant rooster is now king of the barnyard, but the hawk still circles above...
A female Cooper's hawk, Ishmael, has few natural enemies. Life itself is her greatest foe-and survive she must, to mate and nest and raise her young. Even a gunshot can't stop this courageous bird-yet she may have met her match in Whitehackle...
The day-to-day life of hawk and rooster collide in a fragile environment encroached upon by modern forces in a story of predation-both animal and human.
"A very compelling tale.... Mannix, who has spent most of his life near and with animals, treads it with a sure foot and a clear-eyed unsentimental approach. Like the nature he writes about, he makes no apologies and asks no special indulgence-and he writes a very readable book." -
Sports Illustrated
"Mannix shifts back and forth between natural enemies, dramatizing but not fictionalizing their life experiences in thoroughly entertaining information writing.... He's combined a mass of wild bird lore with a coopful of material on the complex social structure and behavior patterns of domestic poultry. Bet your nestegg on it." -
Kirkus Reviews
The Fox and the Hound.
Whitehackle comes from a long line of fighting cocks, but exceeds expectations as he rises to the top of the pecking order. His reputation grows when he chases off a fox and attacks a hawk in gallant defense of one his hens. The arrogant rooster is now king of the barnyard, but the hawk still circles above...
A female Cooper's hawk, Ishmael, has few natural enemies. Life itself is her greatest foe-and survive she must, to mate and nest and raise her young. Even a gunshot can't stop this courageous bird-yet she may have met her match in Whitehackle...
The day-to-day life of hawk and rooster collide in a fragile environment encroached upon by modern forces in a story of predation-both animal and human.
"A very compelling tale.... Mannix, who has spent most of his life near and with animals, treads it with a sure foot and a clear-eyed unsentimental approach. Like the nature he writes about, he makes no apologies and asks no special indulgence-and he writes a very readable book." -
Sports Illustrated
"Mannix shifts back and forth between natural enemies, dramatizing but not fictionalizing their life experiences in thoroughly entertaining information writing.... He's combined a mass of wild bird lore with a coopful of material on the complex social structure and behavior patterns of domestic poultry. Bet your nestegg on it." -
Kirkus Reviews
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