Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder, by Kenn Kaufman
Meeting Tuesday, October 20 th : Time and Location TBD
As summer’s end draws near, we hope to extend our fun and relaxation a bit with a classic:
Kingbird Highway, by renowned author and illustrator Kenn Kaufman.
Description from the publisher:
“At sixteen, Kenn Kaufman dropped out of the high school where he was student council
president and hit the road, hitching back and forth across America, from Alaska to Florida,
Maine to Mexico. Maybe not all that unusual a thing to do in the seventies, but what Kenn was
searching for was a little different: not sex, drugs, God, or even self, but birds. A report of a rare
bird would send him hitching nonstop from Pacific to Atlantic and back again. When he was
broke he would pick fruit or do odd jobs to earn the fifty dollars or so that would last him for
weeks. His goal was to set a record—most North American species seen in a year—but along
the way he began to realize that at this breakneck pace he was only looking, not seeing. What
had been a game became a quest for a deeper understanding of the natural world. Kingbird
Highway is a unique coming-of-age story, combining a lyrical celebration of nature with wild, and
sometimes dangerous, adventures, starring a colorful cast of characters.”
We will keep you posted on if our meeting will be in person or via Zoom, and if in person, where
we shall meet. Discussion questions for the book will be sent via email closer to the meeting
date.
To receive the questions we will be discussing and more information as needed, please email
Rachel at lightningdash09@yahoo.com to be put on the mailing list.
