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    The Language of Wings: Essays on Waterfowl
    The Language of Wings: Essays on Waterfowl
    The Language of Wings: Essays on Waterfowl
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    The Language of Wings: Essays on Waterfowl

    By E. Donnall Thomas Jr.

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    For the past decade, Don Thomas's "Closing Time" columns in Ducks Unlimited magazine have received wide critical praise. Divided into five sections-Waterfowl, In the Field: Ducks, In the Field: Geese, Retrievers, and The Waterfowling Culture-this collection of those columns also includes eight chapters and five introductory essays that have not bee
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSpring Creek Enterprises
    Release dateJun 15, 2022
    ISBN9798218008161
    The Language of Wings: Essays on Waterfowl
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    E. Donnall Thomas Jr.

    In addition to his medical career on Montana's Fort Peck Reservation and eighteen previous books on outdoor topics, Don Thomas has worked as a physician, pilot, commercial fisherman and hunting guide in Alaska. He has written regularly for numerous anthologies and national publications including Gray's Sporting Journal, Ducks Unlimited, Sporting Classics, Alaska, Big Sky Journal, Retriever Journal, Shooting Sportsman, Northwest Fly Fishing, and Traditional Bowhunter (co-editor) among others.

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