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Frederick Bodsworth was a Canadian journalist and author celebrated for his evocative prose and deep connection to the natural world. His early experiences in diverse environments, from tobacco fields to tow tugs, honed his keen observational skills and informed his profound understanding of the Canadian landscape. Bodsworth's writing uniquely explores the intricate relationships between humanity and the wild, capturing its beauty and fragility with both journalistic precision and a novelist's artistry.

2011
Last of the Curlews
176 pages
7 hours of reading
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In this conservation classic, originally published more than sixty years ago, Fred Bodsworth tells the story of a solitary Eskimo curlew's perilous migration and search for a mate. The lone survivor comes to stand for the entirety of a species on the brink of extinction, and for all in nature that is endangered. This new paperback edition includes a foreword by Pulitzer Prize–winning poet W.S. Merwin and an afterword by Nobel Prize–winning physicist Murray Gell–Mann.

Last of the Curlews