As a child the author was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T H White's tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White's struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest. This book offers an account of his struggle with grief.

The pride and endurance of a wild raptor are worn down by the insistent willpower of a falconer.

When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer captivated by hawks since childhood, she'd never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators: the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the goshawk's fierce and feral anger mirrored her own. Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel and turned to the guidance of The Once and Future King author T. H. White's chronicle The Goshawk to begin her journey into Mabel's world. Projecting herself "in the hawk's wild mind to tame her" tested the limits of Macdonald's humanity.By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, this book is an unflinching account of bereavement, a unique look at the magnetism of an extraordinary beast, and the story of an eccentric falconer and legendary writer. Weaving together obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history, H Is for Hawk is a distinctive, surprising blend of nature writing and memoir from a very gifted writer.

Falconry is the practice of hunting wild game by means of a trained bird of prey; its both a sport and an art. In this captivating narrative, readers learn that falconry requires commitment, patience, and hard work. Falcons are fierce, fearless, and determined predators that are supremely well adapted to pursue and take down game. Experienced falconers often tell prospective apprentices that falconry can become more of a lifestyle than a pastime. Readers considering this sport must weigh whether they can balance such a demanding activity with school, extracurricular activities, and social life. The volume examines all the resources required for this unique working partnership as well as how falconers must attend to a falcons needs, how to hunt, and the sports regulations and responsibilities.

Product Description: Originally published in 1972 this important falconry book is probably one of the best of its kind. The author was a respected falconer of many years experience and his sheer pleasure in the sport shines through his writing. Contents Include: The Mews - Weathering Enclosure, Bath, Blocks - Bells, Jesses, Clip Swivels, Lures, Hoods, Whistle - Hack Hut and Hack Ground - Eyasses, Treatment before Hack - Hack, its Advantages and Disadvantages - Eyasses compared with Passgers and Haggards - Food - Hooding and Manning - Taming - Flying to Lure and Use of the Lure - Hawking - Homing - The Moult - Health - Miscellany - The Gyrfalco...read more

Product Description: Falcon medicine exists for centuries, but in the past 10-15 years tremendous progress and new development of diseases and treatment methods have been made. It has always been a challenge to treat these beautiful birds of prey and the challenge continues until now...read more

Product Description: The relationship established between man and bird is central to the ancient sport of falconry; to earn the trust of the bird, the falconer must show a great deal of patience, skill and intuition. This volume traces the history of falconry, providing a detailed guide as to how it is practised today...read more

A book on all aspects of the sport of falconry and hawking. Topics include history, the birds themselves, training, housing, tools and equipment, handling and training. There are two new chapters on health and disease and captive breeding and on the author's experience of Arab falconry practice.

This practical book is full of advice and tells you everything readers need to know about rabbiting, from identifying likely locations to the techniques required in your chosen method. Including anecdotes that both entertain and inform, and fully illustrated, 'Rabbiting' contains all the information readers need for success.

Covering the five family groups - hawks, falcons, eagles, buzzards and owls - this is a detailed and practical guide to training birds of prey. It discusses the merits of keeping and flying birds from each group, paying particular attention to owls, and provides advice on pursuing the sport successfully, emphasizing throughout that the welfare of the birds should come first. The author is a third-generation falconer. She owns the National Birds of Prey Centre, which was founded by her father, and also wrote "Falconry: Care, Captive Breeding and Conservation". (view table of contents)

Product Description: Hawks in the Hand is an American treasure. First published in 1939 when the authors, Frank and John Craighead - pioneers of American conservation - were just nineteen years old, this chronicle of their early adventures in falconry and wild-bird photography was a groundbreaking book that propelled the identical twins to long-lasting international fame as ecologists...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Delivers advice on all aspects of falconry. The author covers such topics as captive breeding, treatment and rehabilitation, preventive medicine, the importance of conservation and the law as it relates to birds of prey.

Product Description: A beautifully written account of the people involved in the sport of falconry and of the magnificent birds of prey that are the objects of the author's fascination and devotion. Enhanced with original line drawings.

Product Description: Book by Weiss, Stephen C.

Advice on securing, breeding, rearing, and training sparrow hawks is accompanied by information on diet and disease

Product Description: AS DIFFERENT AS A METEOR AND A DAISY An industrial espionage consultant working in Stillwater, Oklahoma? Talihina Montgomery, baker, mother, and head of a large and eccentric household of nine, found the situation laughable: But Bennett Reid wasn't kidding...read more