BORCH'S FALCONRY - english
11 titles
Anonymous
Essays by a Society of Gentlemen at Exeter
Publ.: Trewman and Son
Year and place: 1796 London
***
Bodio, Stephen
A Rage for Falcons
Publ.: Nick Lyons/Schocken
Year and place: 1984 New York
ISBN: 0-87108-826-6
**** Hard cover, 135 pp. b/w illustrations by Jonathan Wilde. At least three impressions.
'A compact, carefully edited, well-illustrated, and accurate description af nearly all aspects of contemporary American falconry with an unusually good historical introduction. Bodio is more successful in conveying the emotional content of falconry than any other author I have read, not even excepting T. H. White in "The Goshawk". He has far exceeded White in the breadth and scope of his experience and, I think, matches him in style and quality of writing. Anyone who wants to understand why falconry has managed to endure for four millennia can at least glimpse the reason by reading this book.' F. L. Beebe, 'The Compleat Falconer'
Review at Rob Mac's site.
New ed.: 2nd ed.
Publ.: Pruett Publishing Company Boulder
Year and place: 1992 New York
ISBN: 0-87108-826-6
*** 135 pp.
Dunne, Peter
The windmasters - The lives of North American Birds of Prey
Publ.:
Year and place: 1995
ISBN:
*** Soft cover. 263 pp.
Freeman, G. E./Fisher, Hawkins, C./et al.
Prize essays on Falconry
Publ.:
Year & place: 1871 London
***
Huff, Rick D.
The real sport of Kings
Article in: The Conservationist, Nov 1990 (11/01/90)
*** About the author's first experiences with falconry and the process to get licensed.
Johnston, Bill
Bells
In: Hawk Chalk; vol. 36 (1997); apr.; p. 59
****
Mackinnon, Neil
Starting at the Beginning
Article in: The Falconers & Raptor Conservation Magazine, no. 28, autumn 1996, p. 26
**** A beginners story of how he got involved with falconry and how he obtained his first hawk.
Mackinnon, Neil
Starting at the Beginning II
Article in: The Falconers & Raptor Conservation Magazine; anno 1997; no. 31; p. 33
**** The continuation of a beginners story of how he got involved with falconry and how he obtained his first hawk. This time about the manning and initial training.
Matcham, John
Hawk Talk
Article in: The Falconers & Raptor Conservation Magazine; anno 1997; no. 31; pp. 32
**** Essay on what troubles an outbreat of newcastle disease brings along.
Various; editors: Webster, H. / Enderson, J.
Game Hawking... At its very best - A Falconry Anthology
Publ.: Windsong Press
Year and place: 1988 Denver
ISBN: 0-912510-04-X
** Hard cover. 316 pp. 30 colour and 70 b/w illustrations by artists as H. Peeters, R. D. Digby, B. Katona and R. Kline. Chapters by Bruce Haak, Don Hunter, Mike Connolly, Dan Cover and others.
'While there is some excellent analytical writing, there are the expected jarring differences in readability and style of writing inherent in a collection of work. This is more than compensated for by the high quality of reproduction and general excellence in a great number of color plates... This book is worth the purchase price just for the artwork.' F. L. Beebe, 'The Compleat Falconer'
Various
A bond with the wild
Publ.: North American Falconers Association
Year and place: 1993
ISBN:
** Hard cover, 207 pp. 71 colour photos, 32 colour and b/w illlustrations. Celebrates North American falconry. Two dozen writers refrain from describing falconry techniques, explore falconers passion for hawks, the quarry, the land, the chase, the ecology, family life and mishaps. Includes humor, fiction, stories and personal experiences.
BORCH'S FALCONRY - english