With sections on the crow in ancient civilisations, different parts of the world and through to modern times, this book would be an excellent read for anyone interested in this group of birds.' - British Trust for Ornithology 'Crow is the sort of monograph I treasure and seek out, a work that draws together around a "totem animal" centuries of relevant lore, a richness of iconographic treatments (photographs, portraits, masks, natural history plates, cartoons, book plates, marginalia, etc.) and the best natural history and natural science available to a lay researcher and engaged author. 'Boria Sax has assembled a glorious romp of a book about the Crow family, and our human responses to it. Sax takes readers into the history of crows, detailing how in a range of cultures, from the Chinese to the Hopi Indians, crows are bearers of prophecy. /rebates/2fCrow-Boria-Sax2fbook2f7954175&. examines the crow in myth, literature and life. Crowby Boria Sax is a celebration of the crow and its relatives in myth, literature, and life.
Sax takes readers into the history of crows, detailing how in a. About Boria Sax: I first became interested in the literature of animals around the end of the 1980s, not terribly long after I had obtained my PhD in G.
'Sax's book roams divertingly over the scientific and cultural history of the "corvid" family, which includes the carrion crow, the raven, the rook and the jackdaw, tracing ambivalent responses to the mischievous birds.' - The Guardian 'In this vivid and enjoyable meditation on crows in art, literature and history, Sax gives the genus Corvus the enthusiastic treatment it deserves.' - Publishers Weekly 'A fascinating and delightful book. Crow by Boria Sax is a celebration of the crow and its relatives in myth, literature, and life.
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