The Big Year

by Mark Obmascik
Category: "Nature/Science"
Pages:250
Year of Publication:2004
Date Added:04/15/2012
Date Read:04/15/2012
Notes:Subtitle: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession

An account of three men (Sandy Komito, Al Levantin and Greg Miller) who set out in 1998 to break the North American Big Year record. Komito ended up with 745 birds, to break his own record. The book is more about the obsession and what the three men went through in their pursuit than it is about birds. It's the basis for the 2011 movie of the same name.
My Rating: 7

Reviews for The Big Year

Review - Big Year, The

I feel about the book much the way I felt about the movie. It was pretty good, and I understand their passion, but I would have preferred more about the birds and less about the guys themselves.

Reviewed by Roger on 2012-04-15 11:41:21

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