Fred Bodsworth (1918–2012)
Forfatter af Last of the Curlews
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Fred Bodsworth was a naturalist, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada. In the beginning of his career, Bodsworth worked on tugboats and in tobacco fields. He became a reporter for the St. Thomas Times-Journal in 1940 and later was the editor of the Toronto Star and vis mere a staff writer for Maclean's. In 1955, Bodsworth left Maclean's and concentrated on magazine writing, nature writing, and novels. He also conducted a number of worldwide ornithology tours and contributed to several anthologies. Bodsworth served as president of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists from 1964 to 1967. Bodsworth published Last of the Curlews in 1954. It has been translated into more than a dozen languages. It was made into a one-hour animated movie for television and became the first ABC Afterschool Special in 1972. The film won an Emmy for children's broadcasting and the Golden Eagle Award from the Council on International Nontheatrical Events. Bodsworth received the Matt Cohen Prize in 2002 for his writing. He died on September 15, 2012. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Captain of the Queens/Harry Black/Last of the Curlews/The Dowry/To Catch a Thief (Reader's Digest Condensed Books) (1900) 2 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher: Das schwarze Manifest / Tingulla / Trüffelträume / Der Karibujäger (1998) — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
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- Kanonisk navn
- Bodsworth, Fred
- Juridisk navn
- Bodsworth, Charles Frederick
- Fødselsdato
- 1918-10-11
- Dødsdag
- 2012-09-15
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Canada
- Fødested
- Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada
- Dødssted
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Bopæl
- St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Erhverv
- journalist
- Organisationer
- Federation of Ontario Naturalists ( [1964])
Brodie Club
Ornithological Club
Field Naturalists Club
Maclean's - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Matt Cohen Prize (2002)
- Kort biografi
Fred Bodsworth was born in Port Burwell, Ontario. He has worked in tobacco fields and on tow tugs. He now lives in Toronto. He was a reporter for the St. Thomas Times-Journal from 1940-43; reporter and editor for The Toronto Star from 1943-47; staff writer for Maclean's from 1947-55, and a freelance magazine writer, nature writer, and novelist since then. He was president of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists from 1964-67. He was also an organizer and leader of numerous worldwide ornithology tours and has contributed to numerous anthologies.
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The novel is from the perspective of a male curlew and begins with him defending a territory against other similar birds and waiting for anther of his kind to appear. Unlike many nature books little attempt is made to humanize him. He acts from instinct. He waits. At the end of the season he makes the difficult migration south, traveling with other migratory birds, but always seeking a female. Chapters are bookended with newspaper and journal accounts chronologically covering the Eskimo Curlew's decline and the evolutionary reasons the Eskimo Curlew was so ill-adapted to fleeing gunfire. This is a sad story and there is no wriggle room: this is our fault.
I had an illustration from this book framed and hung on my wall as a kid. My mother had copied it for an art class when she was in middle school, its a solitary bird looking out over an empty field. It wasn't until recently I found this book at a library book sale but I was reluctant to open the flood gates. It wasn't until the last weekend before my wedding I decided to get some books off my list - this is a tiny novel, but hard to get through emotionally. my fiancee came home to be crying my eyes out on the bed. With that hearty recommendation I'll also add the book is a must-read for those interested in protecting endangered species and a classic of nature writing.… (mere)