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003			OCoLC
005			20240206141407.0
008			240109s2023 nyu ed 000 0aeng
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035			_a(OCoLC)1416908660
092			_aCOOPER, C. _bC776
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aCooper, Christian, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBetter living through birding : _bnotes from a Black man in the natural world / _cChristian Cooper.
246	3	0	_aNotes from a Black man in the natural world
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bRandom House Large Print, _c[2023]
264		4	_c©2023
300			_axv, 410 pages (large print) ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	0	0	_tIntroduction -- _tAn incident in Central Park -- _tBlackbird -- _tThe book of Ramus -- _tHalcyon days -- _tIn a happy place -- _tKnocking down doors in the house of ideas -- _tLife turned upside down -- _tElegy -- _tOn top of the world -- _tFamily matters -- _tThe tragedy of Francis -- _tAnother incident in Central Park -- _tOut of Alabama.
520			_a"Christian Cooper is a self-described Blerd (Black nerd), an avid comics fan, and an expert birder who devotes every spring to gazing upon the migratory birds that stop to rest in Central Park, just a subway ride away from where he lives in New York City. When birdwatching in the park one morning in May 2020, Cooper was engaged in the ritual that had been a part of his life since he was ten years old. But when a routine encounter with a dog-walker escalates age old racial tensions, Cooper's viral video of the incident would send shockwaves through the nation. In Better Living Through Birding, Cooper tells the story of his extraordinary life leading up to the now-infamous encounter in Central Park and shows how a life spent looking up at the birds prepared him, in the most uncanny of ways, to be a gay, Black man in American today. From sharpened senses that work just as well in a protest as in a park, to what a bird like the Common Grackle can teach us about self-acceptance, Better Living Through Birding exults in the pleasures of a life lived in pursuit of the natural world and invites you to discover your own. Equal parts memoir, travelogue, and primer on the art of birding, this is Cooper's story of learning to claim and defend space for himself and others like him, from his days as a writer for Marvel Comics, where Cooper introduced the first gay storyline, to vivid and life-changing birding expeditions through Africa, Australia, the Americas and the Himalayas. Better Living Through Birding is Cooper's invitation into the wonderful world of birds, and what they can teach us about life, if only we would stop and listen"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aCooper, Christian.
650		0	_aAfrican American gay men _vBiography. _9351328
650		0	_aBird watchers _vBiography.
650		0	_aAuthors _vBiography. _928162
651		0	_aNew York (N.Y.) _vBiography. _951317
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft _9728
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
655		7	_aTravel writing. _2lcgft _96889
655		7	_aLarge print books. _2lcgft _9136572
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