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The ILN is known for its coverage of the following subjects the wars, ships, boats, guns, sailing, portraits, fine art, old and antique prints, wood cut, wood engravings, early photographs, Victorian life, Victorian culture, kings, queens, royalty, travels, adventures, natural history, birds, fish, mammals, fishing, hunting, shooting, fox hunting, sports including tennis, cricket, football, horse racing, politics and many more items of interest founded by Herbert Ingram may 14th 1842. ![]() Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds $26.00 I am a birder. A serious amateur. And a bird photographer. And a big fan of the late, great Phoebe Snetsinger. Any biography of Snetsinger has to be measured against her own, posthumously published journal, Birding On Borrowed Time. Olivia Gentile had access to many of Snetsinger's family members, most of her papers, and many of her friends and birding companions. She had all the resources. Does she bring anything new? Gentile makes some excellent points, but the best are left for the reader to glean, not the ones that Gentile forces on a reader. It's hardly news that birders can be obsessive. The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession, Kingbird Highway: The Biggest Year in the Life of an Extreme Birder and To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifetime Obsession are just three examples of the subgenre. What Gentile does establish is that Phoebe Snetsinger was among the very best amateur birders of the 20th century. She was much more than one of those birders who tick them off a life list, after a glimpse or a party member's report; she scorned that kind of birder. And Gentile also establishes effectively that for Snetsinger - at least perhaps until the last few years - the birds were the goal, to be savored and appreciated; not the number on a list. And when Gentile simply lets family members talk about the impact of Snetsinger's obsession on them and their lives, she does well. Beyond doubt, Snetsinger's was a true obsession, leaving a greatly diminished space in her life for her husband, her children and anything else. But Snetsinger believed that her obsession with birds kept her alive, helped her survive her bouts with metastasized melanoma. And her response to her husband's complaints - that her interest was no different than her husband's earlier focus on his career - rings true. When Gentile lets the facts tell the story, it shines. But when Gentile indulges in pop psychology and pop sociology, writing in her voice instead of simply letting the facts tell the story; well, for me the biography becomes annoying instead of insightful. Snetsinger survived a brutal rape in Papua New Guinea. Gentile's repeated assertion that Snetsinger "never came to terms with what had happened" is more than simply annoying. It's insulting to the memory of Phoebe Snetsinger. She had the courage not let it stop her. Phoebe Snetsinger was a remarkable woman, a superbly skilled birder and a wonderful example of what an individual can accomplish, even with a so-called "late start." Her story is also a cautionary tale. But is would be a mistake, I think, to let the cautionary aspects outweigh the brilliance of her work, or the evident delight she took from it. Three stars for the new information Gentile provides on this amazing woman; but I take two stars off for the annoying injection of Gentile's simplistic interpretations. Recommended, but also read Birding On Borrowed Time. |
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