III. First Wild Peregrines

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. The Nature of the Falcon 7
6. II. My Early Searches 27
7. III. First Wild Peregrines 39
8. IV. First Surveys 49
9. V. Disaster Decade 63
10. VI. Big River 73
11. VII. Northern Peregrines 89
12. VIII. Falcons on the Beach 107
13. IX. Early Falconry in North America 127
14. X. The Timely Invention of Peregrine Husbandry 143
15. XI. Searches in Far Places 163
16. XII. Peregrines Regain the Skies 183
17. XIII. The Better-Known Meanie 203
18. XIV. Peregrines and People 221
19. Epilogue 237
20. Bibliography 243
21. Index 245