The Birds of the BibleJazzybee Verlag, 1851 - 154 páginas Gene Stratton-Porter, the Indiana novelist and bird lover, offers the fruits of several years' loving labor in “Birds of the Bible”, a handsome volume. The riches of bird lore that Mrs. Porter has unearthed will surprise anyone who opens the book. "Birds of the Bible " is designed for all lovers of birds in general, and lovers of Bible birds and Bible poetry in particular. It contains every reference made to birds in the Bible: describes the location, and explains the characteristics of the bird. In this book, the author, one of the most successful writers of her days, both as a naturalist and a novelist, has made her greatest effort to do something worth while for the world, having given three years to the preparation of the text. |
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THE TIME | 1 |
THE PLACE | 19 |
THE BIRDS OF THE POETS | 34 |
BIRDS OF ABOMINATION | 47 |
THE DOVE | 63 |
THE EAGLE | 69 |
THE SPARROW | 78 |
THE OSTRICH | 81 |
THE BITTERN | 110 |
THE SWALLOW | 115 |
THE PEACOCK | 119 |
THE STORK | 127 |
THE RAVEN | 130 |
THE PELICAN | 135 |
THE PIGEON | 139 |
THE CRANE | 143 |