Why a Booktrail?
2000s: The story of one man and his falcons
Blood Ties
Why a Booktrail?
2000s: The story of one man and his falcons
What you need to know before your trail
This is a book about a man’s relationship with hawks, and his self-education as a falconer, and about his discovery that despite his Asperger’s Syndrome, which hampers his normal social interactions, he can forge a loving bond with the young son he thought he had lost.
He rediscovers his full humanity through his commitment to the training of falcons and his love of the natural world.
Locations
Reset- America/ USA - Texas
- A: Hawk Cove
- B: MN - Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory
- England
- C: Reading - Englefield Estate
- Croatia
- D: Karlovac
- Pakistan
- E: Hawke's Bay
Travel Guide
Hawks across the world
“My discovery of birds of prey was a revelation. When I held a hawk for the fist time, shocked an an emotion of such startling power and clarity, I felt an international, audible crack . This was what I had been searching for.”
This man’s journey goes across the world via Texas, England, Croatia and the Middle East. Each country it seems has a story to tell about the birds and the art of falconry across the ages.
“The Arabian and Muslim nations have a long and intimate connection with falconry. Birds of prey spiral through the very core of their way of life. Long before the West kew the potential of hawks or falcons from hunting, the Muslim world was perfecting and turning the practise to Europe through trade routes”
South Dakota
Gyrs are the largest and most powerful falcons in the world and are highly sout after by falconers from around the globe. They range nomadically across Arctic tundra, stark frozen seas, from Greenland down through Alaska into Middle America and finally to northern Europe
Pakistan
My experience of Pakistan showed me that falconry is a connected patchwork of experience is interchangeable and mutually supportive, no matter which culture is involved.
Booktrailer Review
Susan: @thebooktrailer
I can’t say I know much about Asperger’s syndrome or Falconry so this was a real eye opener for me! I admit I probably wouldn’t have picked it up to read myself but when a trusted publicist sent it, I thought, right, let’s have a real look at this. I do like books which challenge and throw me off in new directions.
From the start, I was on a journey with a man who I first thought rude and strange. But I learned about the condition, about the feelings and emotions someone with this condition can have and I started to question myself more than him. Whatever he was going through or dealing with, he took it upon himself to improve his life and mind by concentrating on something which ended up helping him in ways no one could have expected.
Maybe it’s a ‘condition’ of Aspergers that your eye is more keenly trained on details such as a bird’s behaviour in the natural inhabitant. He certainly notices more than I ever would have done. The book explains how Aspergers affects a person’s ability to relate to others. Well, this man does have empathy – in his entire body. Maybe not in the way you and I do, but then I think we could learn from him rather than the other way around.
I feel humbled after reading this. Really eye opening!
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Blood Ties
Destination : Worldwide Author/Guide: Ben Crane Departure Time: 2000s
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