An edition of The big twitch (2005)

The big twitch

one man, one continent, a race against time : a true story about birdwatching

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An edition of The big twitch (2005)

The big twitch

one man, one continent, a race against time : a true story about birdwatching

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One man's quest to realise a boyhood dream and break a national record.Sean Dooley seems like a well adjusted, functioning member of society but beneath the respectable veneer he harbours a dark secret. He is a hard-core birdwatcher (aka twitcher').Sean takes a year off to try to break the Australian twitching record - he has to see more than 700 birds in twelve months. Travelling the length and breadth of Australia, he stops at nothing in search of this birdwatching Holy Grail, blowing his inheritance, his career prospects and any chance he has of finding a girlfriend.Part confessional, part travelogue, this is a true story about obsession. It's about seeking the meaning of life, trying to work out what normal' is, and searching for the elusive Grey Falcon (the bird, not the car). Sean's story of how he followed his childhood dream of becoming a national champion is both inspiring and ridiculous. Could this be the most pathetic great achievement in Australian history?

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Allen & Unwin
Language
English
Pages
322

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Published in

Crows Nest [N.S.W.]

Edition Notes

Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
598.0723494
Library of Congress
QL677.5 .D66 2005, QL693.D6 B5 2005, QL677.5

The Physical Object

Pagination
322 p. :
Number of pages
322

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23078745M
Internet Archive
bigtwitchonemano0000dool
ISBN 10
1741145287
ISBN 13
9781741145281
LCCN
2006462425
Library Thing
808327
Goodreads
381691

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