Falcon

This book sheds compelling new light on this extraordinary bird, and on the cultures through wich it has flown. It includes falcon myths and legends, the ancien... » 

This book sheds compelling new light on this extraordinary bird, and on the cultures through wich it has flown. It includes falcon myths and legends, the ancient sport of falconry, falcons as denizens of modern cities, falcon natural history and conservation, and how falcons have been recruited as symbols and weapons of war. «