Halfway to heaven fat, fortyfour, father of three sons, and facing a vasectomy, mark obmascik would never have guessed that his next move would be up a 14,000foot mountain. A tale of man, nature, and fowl obsession audiobook by mark obmascik. Mark obmascik is a writer, known for the big year 2011 and 60 minutes 1968. David allen sibley author of the sibley guide to birds mark obmascik understands birders, and in this book he has ventured bravely into the fringes of the hobby. A birding classic, the big year is the true story that became the 2011 fictionalized film starring jack black, steve martin, and owen wilson. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
In this entertaining book, obmascik, a journalist with the denver post, tells the stories of the three top contenders in the 1998 american big year. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. The big year by mark obmascik every january 1, a quirky crowd storms out across north america for a spectacularly competitive event called a big yeara. He wrote a new book about the forgotten battle of world war ii.
Mark obmascik is the bestselling author of halfway to heaven. This sunday, 60 minutes will focus part of its program this sunday on denver resident mark obmascik. A tale of man, nature, and fowl obsession has 2 available editions to buy at half price books. The big year book by mark obmascik official publisher page. A tale of man, nature, and fowl obsession, which received five best of 2004 citations by major media. Environmental journalist obmascik follows the 1998 big years three main competitorsa new. Mark obmascik is a pulitzer prizewinning journalist and bestselling author of the big year, which was made into a movie, and halfway to heaven. A tale of man, nature, and fowl obsession by mark obmascik at indigo. The film uses the same premise with fictional characters. The books author, mark obmascik, offers a reminder that this isnt the kind of birdwatching where you take a stroll in your local park to see some. Obmasciks book is short on nature, but its long on man and obsession, and those fascinations drive most of the pageturners on the nonfiction.
The big year by mark obmascik kingbird highway by kenn kaufman silent spring by rachel. Mark obmascik is a pulitzer prizewinning journalist and bestselling author of the big year, which was made into a movie with the same name. My whiteknuckled and knuckleheaded quest for the rocky mountain high, winner of the 2009 national outdoor book award for outdoor literature, and the big year. The macho quest of bird tallying each player on the journey has a potentially fatal flaw 1 1. He won the 2009 national outdoor book award for outdoor literature, the 2003 national press club award for environmental journalism, and was the lead writer for the denver post team that won the 2000 pulitzer prize.