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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill: A Love Story . . . with Wings - Mark Bittner |
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Amazon.com Price:
$11.16
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Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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Reviews from Pethobbyist.com:
Review By: Christie Keith, 2005-08-03  This best-selling book, which was made into a critically acclaimed documentary of the same name, is another one with lots of local color. Set in San Francisco, it’s the true story of a down-and-out musician who moves into an apartment on Telegraph Hill and begins to observe the flock of wild parrots in the trees outside his new home. Bittner knew nothing about parrots before he started observing them, and as he learns, we learn, too. Totally unsentimental but powerful and engaging nonetheless.
Copyright 2005 by Christie Keith. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
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Reader Reviews from Amazon.com:
a CONURE love story --- (I have had 2) 
Mark Bittner lived on the streets of San Francisco for 15 years. He was lucky in the fact that he was not a drug addict nor an alcoholic. He just had no home nor did he seem to want one. He is a spiritual man. After being homeless for so long he was given the job of caretaker for an elderly lady. Her home on Telegraph Hill was a fly over for the wild parrots of Frisco. Mark needed a friend and the parrots needed a friend so they found each other. This book is about how he became part of their flock. He is writing STREET SONG now. He is married, shows his film and signs his books. This book has some very sad parts. You will laugh and cry. You wont be sorry you bought and read this book....its wonderful...YOU WILL ENJOY IT.................I DID.
It's cute, but nothing special 
It's a cute story, with a bit of a fairy tale ending, but personally I couldn't get past the fact that the guy is a bum. He brags about not paying rent for 28 years, and continually alludes airily about being on a "journey," that's more important than actually earning your keep, apparently. I found his lifestyle to be a huge distraction.
wild parrots
I bought this boook for my Mother, she liked the book but feels it was a script from the tv program that he did also all the pictures in the book were black and white... why bother putting them in there ???
WASN'T CLEAR THAT THERE WAS A BOOK AND DVD.
WAS DISSAPOINTED AS I THOUGHT I WAS ORDERING THE DVD AND GOT THE BOOK INSTEAD.
portrays the beautiful video pertaining to the title
My friends love this video about these remarkable parrouts and their lives in a special place. I bought this book for them as it portrays the specil qualities of the video and more
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