Audubon's Birds Of America (The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio)
by Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Virginia Marie Peterson
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Author: Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Virginia Marie PetersonEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-30
ISBN: 0789208148
Number of pages: 435
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Book Reviews of Audubon's Birds Of America (The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio)
Book Review: Preposterous. Honestly.
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this book as a gift for my parents, who are elderly and who enjoy watching birds and looking at pictures of birds.
But when I later went to visit them I got an unpleasant surprise: this book is HUGE. Ridiculously huge.
It's the biggest book I've ever seen. It's about the size of a computer tower laid on its side. Bigger than any unabridged dictionary.
As a result my parents never use it: it's simply too heavy for them to lift. I'm not joking around here. They're afraid of getting a hernia or hurting their back if they lift it.
So it just sits on the shelf gathering dust.
Actually, not on the shelf, since this book won't fit on any normal bookshelf. So they just stand it on the floor.
If you buy this, make sure the person you're getting it for is in excellent shape.
You've been warned.
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