H is for Hawk facts for kids
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| Author | Helen Macdonald |
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| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
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Publication date
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2014 |
| Pages | 300 pp. |
| Awards | Samuel Johnson Prize, Costa Book of the Year |
| ISBN | 0-224-09700-8 |
| OCLC | 898117636 |
H is for Hawk is a 2014 memoir by British author Helen Macdonald. It won the Samuel Johnson Prize and Costa Book of the Year award, among other honours.
Content
H is for Hawk tells Macdonald's story of the year she spent training a northern goshawk in the wake of her father's death. Her father, Alisdair Macdonald, was a respected photojournalist who died suddenly of a heart attack in 2007. Having been a falconer for many years, she purchased a young goshawk to help her through the grieving process.
Television
In "H is for Hawk: A New Chapter", part of BBC's Natural World series in 2017, she trained a new goshawk chick.
Awards and honours
- 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize, winner
- 2014 Costa Book of the Year, winner.
- 2014 Duff Cooper Prize, shortlist.
- 2015 Thwaites Wainwright Prize, longlist.
- 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, shortlist.
- 2016 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, winner
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