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Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
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Christian Cooper, whose 15 minutes of fame in 2020 as the Central Park bird watcher, is so much more than the victim of an entitled white woman who threatened to call police on him for a totally made-up threat to herself and her dog. What an extraordinary life he has led: Marvel Comics writer and editor, world traveler, black and gay rights activist, bird watcher extraordinaire, Harvard graduate and more. His memoir paints him credibly as a "nerd" rather than "scary black predator".
He is also a very engaging writer! Better Living Through Birding is chock full of insight to the human condition as well as choice tidbits of advice to novice birdwatchers.
If there is an overarching theme to the book it is this: When your 15 minutes of fame comes, use it for good. Christian Cooper has.
He is also a very engaging writer! Better Living Through Birding is chock full of insight to the human condition as well as choice tidbits of advice to novice birdwatchers.
If there is an overarching theme to the book it is this: When your 15 minutes of fame comes, use it for good. Christian Cooper has.
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Dec 14, 2023 11:58AM
Great review. I didn’t know he’d published an autobiography, and now I’m interested in checking it out myself.
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Thank-you. He has a show on Nat Geo tv called Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper going into its second season I believe. Since reading his book, now I want to see that.
