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Author : John Holway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0486485005
Originally published: Red tails, black wings: the men of America's Black air force / by John B. Holway. 1997.
Author : Marie Winn
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999-03-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780679758464
Updated Edition—Ten Years Later The scene of this enchanting (and true) story is the Ramble, an unknown wilderness deep in the heart of New York's fabled Central Park. There an odd and amiable band of nature lovers devote themselves to observing and protecting the park's rich wildlife. When a pair of red-tailed hawks builds a nest atop a Fifth Avenue apartment house across the street from the model-boat pond, Marie Winn and her fellow "Regulars" are soon transformed into obsessed hawkwatchers. The hilarious and occasionally heartbreaking saga of Pale Male and his mate as they struggle to raise a family in their unprecedented nest site, and the affectionate portrait of the humans who fall under their spell will delight and inspire readers for years to come.
Author : John Holway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1881325431
Author : Marie Winn
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780307787897
Marie Winn is our guide into a secret world, a true wilderness in the heart of a city. The scene is New York's Central Park, but the rich natural history that emerges here--the loons, raccoons, woodpeckers, owls, and hundreds of visiting songbirds--will appeal to wildlife lovers everywhere. At its heart is the saga of the Fifth Avenue hawks, which begins as a love story and develops into a full-fledged mystery. At the outset of our journey we meet the Regulars, a small band of nature lovers who devote themselves to the park and its wildlife. As they watch Pale Male, a remarkable young red-tailed hawk, woo and win his first mate, they are soon transformed into addicted hawk-watchers. From a bench at the park's model-boat pond they observe the hawks building a nest in an astonishing spot--a high ledge of a Fifth Avenue building three floors above Mary Tyler Moore's apartment and across the street from Woody Allen's. The drama of the Fifth Avenue hawks--hunting, courting, mating, and striving against great odds to raise a family in their unprecedented nest site--is alternately hilarious and heartbreaking. Red-Tails in Love will delight and inspire readers for years to come.
Author : Alexander Jefferson
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780823274406
Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free is a rare gift detailing the experience of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group to be shot down defending a country that considered them to be second-class citizens. In this vividly detailed, deeply personal story, Jefferson writes as a genuine American hero about what it meant to be an African American pilot in enemy hands, fighting to protect the promise of freedom. The book features the sketches, drawings, and other illustrations Jefferson created during his nine months as a POW, and Lewis Carlson’s authoritative background on the man, his unit, and the fight Alexander Jefferson fought so well. This revised edition covers the story of Jefferson’s continuing outreach and education work, as he brings the story of the Tuskegee Airmen to communities and schools across the country, and the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to the Airmen in 2007. Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free is perhaps the only account of the African American experience in a German prison camp.
Author : Steven L. Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0756902517
Describes the role of the African American pilots who trained at Alabama's Tuskegee Army Air Field to fight in World War II.
Author : Roger Tory Peterson,Virginia Marie Peterson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Nature
ISBN : 061813218X
"The Birder’s Bible" for more than 60 years, Roger Tory Peterson’s classic Field Guide to Western Birds includes all species found in North America west of the 100th meridian and north of Mexico. Featuring the unique Peterson Identification System, Western Birds contains 165 full-color paintings that show more than 1,000 birds from 700 species. Summer and winter ranges, breeding grounds, and other special range data are shown on easy-to-read range maps.
Author : Craig S. Harrison
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781501745881
Hawaii is known throughout the world for its uniquely hospitable climate and people. Because of its geographical isolation and tropical-subtropical location, it harbors numerous animals that are unknown elsewhere in the United States. Unfortunately, Hawaii is special in another respect: it is the endangered species capital of the world. Many of its birds are in jeopardy of extinction. This book, the first to portray a tropical seabird community, treats the 22 species of seabirds of the Hawaiian archipelago from a conservationist point of view. Craig S. Harrison first establishes the setting, describing Hawaii's birth from undersea volcanoes, its marine biology, and the effects of Polynesians and Westerners on its pristine island ecosystem. He summarizes current knowledge of albatrosses, shearwaters, petrels, frigatebirds, boobies, tropicbirds, terns, and noddies, explaining their similarities and differences with respect to nesting, food habits, migration at sea, and adaptation to a tropical environment.
Author : Daniel Haulman
Publisher : NewSouth Books
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781603061605
The new George Lucas movie called Red Tails focuses attention on the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II and their combat operations overseas. Loaded with special effects and a great cast, the movie is thrilling and inspiring, but how accurate is it historically? Military historian Daniel Haulman takes an appreciative look at Red Tails, comparing it to the actual missions of the Tuskegee Airmen and offering places where interesteded viewers could study the events further.
Author : Laura Erickson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780816681198
Was Caesar like the eagle because of his aquiline (from aquila, for “eagle” in Latin) nose, or does the eagle seem imperial because of his Caesar-like beak? Does the sharp vision of a “hawk-eyed” observer have any basis in nature? And what the heck is “kettling” to a bird-watcher, or, for that matter, a bird? Raptors have captured the imagination from time immemorial and have an especially rich history in Minnesota. The ancient peoples whose pictographs adorn the rock faces of Lake Superior's North Shore may well have witnessed the first hawk movements along Lake Superior—the same annual migration that today draws as many as twenty thousand people to Duluth's Hawk Ridge. These birds, passing through in astounding numbers, are among the hawks and accipiters, buteos and harriers, eagles and ospreys pictured and profiled in detail in this book. Written by one of Minnesota's best-known bird authorities, with images by one of the state's favorite illustrators, Hawk Ridge is as fun as it is informative. It introduces the state's raptors, from the rare visitor to the most familiar hawk, noting each species' signature traits—osprey wings, for instance, are crooked to help them catch fish; vultures urinate on their legs to cool themselves—and their nesting, breeding, and migrating habits. Did you know that Sharp-shinned Hawks banded at Hawk Ridge have been found throughout Central America and even into South America, and also, in midwinter, in Wisconsin? Laura Erickson offers a broad perspective (a bird's-eye view!), making sense of the raptor's role in the larger ornithological scheme. With descriptions of various species—and helpful distinctions between species, families, and orders—the book gives readers a clear idea of which raptors might be seen in Minnesota, when, where, and how often. It also includes a hawk migration primer that explains the movements that bring these birds in such awe-inspiring numbers to places like Hawk Ridge. Filled with curious facts and practical information for expert and amateur bird-watcher alike, the book is at once a guide to the hawks of Minnesota and a beautifully illustrated album of the most regal members of the avian kingdom.
Author : Daniel Butler
Publisher : Random House (UK)
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Birds of prey
ISBN : CORNELL:31924074070206
Man has been enchanted by birds of prey since the dawn of time. Deified by cultures around the world, they remain symbols of power and independence. This book charts the mystical appeal of these creatures via a diary of the author's relationship with a hawk. Fascinated with falconry, the author begins training a hawk - moving from London to the heart of Wales as his love of countryside grows.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Birds
ISBN : UIUC:30112069259759
Author : Pat McKissack,Fredrick McKissack
Publisher : Walker
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015037343970
A history of African American pilots with a focus on World War II.
Author : Katarzyna Nowak,Adrian A. Barnett,Ikki Matsuda
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107134317
A ground breaking study of primates that live in flooded habitats around the world.
Author : O. B. Eustis
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780472063468
A year-long diary of observations of the seasonal changes in Eustis's northern Michigan home.