BIRDING BABYLON: A SOLDIER’S JOURNAL FROM IRAQ

BIRDING BABYLON: A SOLDIER’S JOURNAL FROM IRAQby Jonathan Trouern-Trend
(Sierra Club Books, $9.95)

Trouern-Trend, an avid birdwatcher, went to Iraq as part of the US invasion and took his binoculars with him. This fascinating little book blends birding, war, and sociological observations with sharp little illustrations. Birds and war. A bee-eater on barbed wire. It’s both unsettling and hopeful.

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