EAGLE DREAMS: SEARCHING FOR LEGENDS IN WILD MONGOLIA. By Stephen J. Bodio.

(2003) ND later reprint. 8vo (156 x 236mm). Ppviii,216. Colour photographs, frontispiece map. Brown and cream boards, spine titled in gilt.

Stephen Bodio travels to the westernmost province of Mongolia, in search of traditional falconry with golden eagles. "The union of Bodio's consummate writing skills with his passion for falconry, Mongolia, and its people, results in an infectious, lyrical read, which transports the reader from a blue-collar neighborhood in Boston to the vast, mountainous deserts of Mongolia. As a fellow author and falconer who reveres eagles, I tore through this book - a rare, nonfiction page-turner - relishing its vivid imagery." (Emma Ford). "Eagle dreams is quite possibly the best book ever written about eagles, but it's also a terrific travelogue. Bodio writes with scrupulous honesty about one of the world's last empty places." (Lawrence Millman). "Steve Bodio has that rare gift of seeing animals and landscape without sentimentality but with abiding love." (Ted Kerasote).