Life List: A Woman's Quest for the World's Most Amazing Birds (Hardcover) by Olivia Gentile

from rightantler

The story of Phoebe Snetsinger is quite the tale. Trapped like a caged bird she discovers birding which becomes an increasing obsession. Fortunately Phoebe has the finances to support the obsession which takes her to increasingly dangerous places, people and situations in pursuit of her list. Her...

from anitatally

This was a very interesting account of the life of a serious (passionate) birder. The life was remarkable; the story-telling was okay. The book should have made me reflect about my own passions and obsessions, and I think that was the author's intent, but that did not happen for me.

from Paulagraph

Biography of obsessive-compulsive birder, Phoebe Snetsinger. Perhaps a cautionary tale about what can happen if you frustrate a woman's ambitions (as was the norm in the 50s and 60s)by relegating her to wife, mother & suburban housewife status. Phoebe takes up birding when her two youngest childr...

from LibraryCin

Phoebe Snetsinger grew up in the mid-20th-century, and wanted to be a scientist. She received a good education, but in the 1950s, women (whether or not they had an education) got married and stayed home with the kids. Which is what Phoebe did. But, she was bored, so when she discovered birds when...