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Better Living through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

Cover of the book 'Better Living Through Birding' by author Christian Cooper, featuring a man looking through binoculars on a light background.
Open book of 'Better Living Through Birding' by author Christian Cooper, showing text and a chapter titled 'In a Happy Place.'
Open book of 'Better Living Through Birding' by author Christian Cooper, showing text and a chapter titled 'Fifth Pleasure of Birding.'
Cover of the book 'Better Living Through Birding' by author Christian Cooper, featuring a man looking through binoculars on a light background.

Better Living through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World

SKU #: 022967900766

Equal parts memoir, travel-ogue, and primer on the art of birding, Better Living Through Birding tells the story of Christian Cooper’s extraordinary life leading up to the shocking encounter he experienced in Central Park, and shows how a life spent looking up at the birds helped him become a proud gay, Black man in America today. 

 

• Author: Christian Cooper
• Genre: Non-fiction; memoir; birding; LGBTQ+
• 304 pages / Hardcover / 5.71 x 1.02 x 8.52 inches / 14.4 ounces

$28.00

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