Papa Goose

One Year, Seven Goslings, and the Flight of My Life

Michael Quetting

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English

Black Inc
17 September 2018

Memoirs; Prose: non-fiction; Mathematics & Sciences; Birds (ornithology); Wildlife: birds & birdwatching

Michael Quetting is exhausted and covered in goose shit. One moment a gosling is sleeping soundly under his sweater and the next, there's one tugging at his shoelaces. Being father to a gaggle of goslings that won't let you out of their sight is a full-time job.

As a laboratory director at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Quetting must transform the motley gang into a disciplined flight crew so researchers can gather data about weather and flight patterns. Detaching from civilization and immersing himself in the training, Quetting leads his young on daily swims, retrieves them when they go astray, and watches as their personalities develop-feisty, churlish, loveable-while solving problems such as how to roll down the runway without running the geese over before they even get airborne.

This charming book traces Quetting's heart-warming and highly entertaining adventure as goslings Gloria, Nemo, and the rest of the crew conquer land, water, and air. By the time the journey is over, Quetting has learned from his charges more than he ever expected about nature and what it means to be human.

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By: Michael Quetting
Imprint: Black Inc
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 356g
ISBN: 9781760640750
ISBN 10: 1760640751
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 17 September 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Quetting is a laboratory director and ultralight pilot at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, which gave him a unique opportunity to combine his love of flying with his love of birds. Quetting has two human children and lives close to Lake Constance, Germany.