From Library Journal
The beauty of swans has captured the imagination of people for countless generations. Artist-writer Price incorporates her considerable experience with swans as an amateur naturalist into this engaging narrative, which surveys the world's swan species. More than a natural history and abundantly illustrated with over 110 drawings, photos, and maps, her book also recounts swans in folklore, history, and culture, from the ballet Swan Lake to the use of swans in Scottish clan badges and in the Great Seal of the Chickasaw Nation. The richness of detail is indicated by sections on myth, legend, mating, nesting, hatching, feathers, flight, migration, wintering, life span, and the effects of humans on swans. Price's anecdotes add spice to an already interesting mixture of facts, lore, and biology. The absence of an index and an antihunting bias are mild blemishes. This book has wide appeal and is warmly recommended. [The publisher says an index will be included in the book's second printing.-Ed.]-Henry T. Armistead, formerly with Thomas Jefferson Univ. Lib, Philadelphi.
--Henry T. Armistead, formerly with Thomas Jefferson Univ. Lib, PhiladelphiaCopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Midwest Book Review
Price traces the natural history of all the swan species, following migration routes and presenting a personal touch in gathering facts which imparts her own fascination with the myths and realities of the swan. What evolves is a remarkable survey of not just the life cycle of the swan, but its influence on literature and human lives.
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