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Why peacocks?, an unlikely search for meaning in the world's most magnificent bird, Sean Flynn

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Why peacocks?, an unlikely search for meaning in the world's most magnificent bird, Sean Flynn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Why peacocks?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1201298134

Responsibility statement

Sean Flynn

Sub title

an unlikely search for meaning in the world's most magnificent bird

Summary

Until Flynn's neighbor in North Carolina offered him one, he had never considered whether he wanted a peacock. His family became the owners of not one but three charming yet fickle birds: Carl, Ethel, and Mr. Pickle. Here he chronicles their first year as peacock owners, from struggling to build a pen to assisting the local bird doctor in surgery to triumphantly watching a peahen lay her first egg. He also examines the history of peacocks, from their appearance in the Garden of Eden. And Flynn travels across the globe to learn more about the birds firsthand. His book offers surprising lessons about love, grief, fatherhood, and family

Table Of Contents

Roosting -- Molting, mating, and murder -- A peacock in Autumn

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