Soaring with Fidel

A Book Sense Notable Title. As Gessner pursues [the ospreys] down the Eastern Seaboard and even into Cuba with a BBC documentary team at his heels a lively tale of fish-eating raptors broken embargoes and a nail-biting race to the finish line ensues . . . Gessner finds his Mecca not in the thrilling launch or triumphant end of his own 7000-mile migration but in the living done in between.—Jennifer Winger Nature Conservancy Magazine. An engaging lyrical guide to osprey migration Cuba and a common humanity.—Orion Magazine. Gessner's finest book unpredictable in the best way and funny too; an adventure book and much more—a book of contact by a writer who quickly becomes an audible and visible presence.—Clyde Edgerton author of Solo. An interesting and complex book . . . In a surprisingly short amount of time David Gessner has evolved into one of our most accomplished and singular writers about nature. While many authors treat their experiences in nature with a hushed earnestness and a suspect neatness Gessner writes about the messy humanness of being outside.—Mark Lynch Bird Observer. An ideal traveling companion and guide. Soaring with Fidel lets you hover for a while in the thermals of fine language seeing the same old world from a fresh and invigorating altitude.—Ben Steelman Wilmington (NC) Star-News