Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (609 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1596911697 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 345 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Her introduction to bird-watching by another shy, brainy housewife, seeing a warbler through binoculars, was a revelation; it was as if she'd seen a blinding white light. With the help of a local birding club, Phoebe began her life list of birds and gradually began traveling farther afield in search of new sightings. All rights reserved. Diagnosed in her late 40s with incurable cancer and less than a year to live, she threw herself into birding, traveling worldwide, ignoring injury and danger to work on her life list for another 18 years, until killed in a bus accident in Madagascar at th
She eventually went to more than a hundred countries, had frequent brushes with danger, became a hero in the birding world, and set a record for the most species seen. Phoebe Snetsinger had planned to be a scientist, but, like most women who got married in the 1950s, she ended up keeping house, with four kids and a home in the suburbs by her mid-thirties. Then her life took a crushing turn: At forty-nine, she was diagnosed with cancer and told that she had less than a year to live. Numb and isolated, she turned to bird-watching, but she soon tired of the birds near home and yearned to travel the world. Life List is a powerful portrait of a woman who found refuge from society’s expectations in a dangerous and soul-stirring obsession.. A frustrated housewife sets out to see more bird species than anyone in history—and ends up risking her life again and again in the wildest places on earth. Devastated, she began crisscrossing the globe, finding rare and spectacular birds that brought her to the heights of spiritual ecstasy. But as it turned out, she beat the cancer
W. J. Cayless said Hobby to obsession to pathology?. A fascinating account of the life and obsession of Phoebe Snetsinger - the first person to see over 8000 of the world's bird species. Not a book just for birders. It covers issues of women's roles particularly after marriage, thwarted ambition, obsession, family dysfunction and the environment and travel.. Kathleen Hodge said Great book about a fascinating women. Great book about a fascinating women. I liked that the author presented her as a complex personality, faults and all, with lots of detail on her many adventures and her personal struggles. I highly recommend this book for birders and non-birders alike.. "I like birding but found myself shaking my head at the" according to Jann B. Unless you are into birding this woman's obsession is probably not understandable as her quest for her bird count is extreme. I like birding but found myself shaking my head at the dangerous situations she put herself in just to see a rare bird.