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02772aam a2200361 i 4500 001 CC8A18D41D8011EFA6667B3325ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240529010049 008 230706s2023 vtu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2023030761 020 $a 1645022234 020 $a 9781645022237 035 $a (OCoLC)1390443527 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d LMJ $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a QL677.5 $b .A53 2023 082 00 $a 598.072/34 $2 23/eng/20230713 100 1 $a Anderson, Dorian, $d 1978- $e author. 245 10 $a Birding under the influence : $b cycling across America in search of birds and recovery / $c Dorian Anderson. 264 1 $a White River Junction, Vermont : $b Chelsea Green Publishing, $c [2023] 300 $a xi, 256 pages ; $c 26 cm 520 $a "At a personal and professional crossroads, a man resets his life and finds sobriety, love, and 618 bird species, cycling his way to a very Big Year. In Birding Under the Influence, Dorian Anderson, a neuroscience researcher on a pressure-filled life trajectory, walks away from the world of elite institutions, research labs, and academic publishing. In doing so, he falls in love and discovers he has freed himself to embrace his lifelong passion for birding. A North American Big Year-a continent-spanning adventure in which a birder attempts to see as many species as possible in twelve months-is a massive undertaking under any circumstances. But doing it on a bike while maintaining sobriety? That's next level. As Dorian pedals across the country, describing the birds he sees, he confronts the challenges of long-distance cycling: treacherous weather, punctured tires, speeding cars, and injury. He encounters eccentric characters, blistering blacktop, dreary hotel rooms, snarling dogs, and an endless sea of smoking tailpipes. He also confronts his past struggles with alcohol, drugs, and risky behaviors that began in high school and followed him into adulthood. Birding Under the Influence is a candid, honest look at Dorian's double life of academic accomplishment and addiction. While his journey to recovery is simultaneously poignant and inspiring, it is ultimately his love of birds and nature that provides the scaffolding to build a new and radically different life"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Anderson, Dorian, $d 1978- 650 0 $a Bird watchers $z United States $v Bigraphy. 650 0 $a Bicycle touring $z United States $v Bigraphy. 655 7 $a autobiographies (literary works) $2 aat 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 rvmgf 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240529010142.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CC8A18D41D8011EFA6667B3325ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search