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"Peregrine Spring, Nancy Cowan's memoir of her thirty years living intimately with raptors, gives us a new perspective on the relationship between humans and the natural world. Cowan shares her experiences running a world-famous falconry school, and the lessons she's learned from her birds. From retrieving her falcon from the local police ""lock up,"" to a heartbreaking race to save her young peregrine from attack by a wild hawk, Cowan's life is a constant, ever-changing adventure. Cowan's birds have immersed her so much into their world that she has found herself courted by a Goshawk and bossed about by a Harris's Hawk. The book carries her readers along, so they, too, meet hawks and falcons in ways they never imagined possible."

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"""A wonderful and often poignant account of Nancy Cowan's relationship with a host of raptors; their lives, personalities, and species-related abilities."" -- ""Ben Kilham, author of Out on a Limb"" ""Cowan gives us striking insights into the inner workings of the relationships between raptors and their handlers, as only someone who has dedicated her life to these birds could do."" -- ""Irene Pepperberg, New York Times bestselling author"" ""Nancy Cowan's Peregrine Spring is the best narrative of a modern falconer's life I know. It's not a how-to, though you can learn plenty from it. Nor does Nancy pose as an all-knowing 'Master, ' though she is a master--or mistress--of our ancient practice. What she does give us is a falconry pilgrim's progress, from beginner to teacher, with all the thrills and delights and sometimes horrors that accompany the journey. I plan to give this book to every person who approaches me and wishes to become a falconer. It's essential."" -- ""Steve Bodio, author of A Rage for Falcons """

A wonderful and often poignant account of Nancy Cowan's relationship with a host of raptors; their lives, personalities, and species-related abilities. -- Ben Kilham, author of Out on a Limb Nancy Cowan's Peregrine Spring is the best narrative of a modern falconer's life I know. It's not a how-to, though you can learn plenty from it. Nor does Nancy pose as an all-knowing 'Master, ' though she is a master--or mistress--of our ancient practice. What she does give us is a falconry pilgrim's progress, from beginner to teacher, with all the thrills and delights and sometimes horrors that accompany the journey. I plan to give this book to every person who approaches me and wishes to become a falconer. It's essential. -- Steve Bodio, author of A Rage for Falcons Cowan gives us striking insights into the inner workings of the relationships between raptors and their handlers, as only someone who has dedicated her life to these birds could do. -- Irene Pepperberg, New York Times bestselling author

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Nancy Cowan is a master falconer, wildlife rescue expert, sled-dog sportswriter and historian, popular speaker, and award-winning writer. After spearheading a years-long campaign to win legalization for falconry in the state of New Hampshire, she and her husband founded the internationally-known New Hampshire School of Falconry. A licensed wildlife rehabilitator, Nancy has worked with a variety of hawk and falcon species which have been injured or orphaned and frequently is consulted by local wildlife rehab centers and New Hampshire Audubon Society on the care and rehabilitation of injured birds. Cowan's writing has appeared in DogWorld, Yankee Magazine, DOGFANCY, and Down East magazines, as well as club and breed publications. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas is the author of seven books, nonfiction and fiction--among them The Hidden Life of Dogs, The Harmless People, and Reindeer Moon. She's written for The New Yorker, National Geographic, and The Atlantic, and lives in New Hampshire. Janet Metzger, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, has performed as a stage, television, voice, and film actor and as a jazz vocalist in hotels and supper clubs. For five years she was the voice of Headline News, now HLN, during which time she also promoted features and news stories for CNN and CNN International. She is a graduate of Florida State University.

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