By Al Batt
Squirrels attacking motorcyclists. Alien abductions. Koi-â€feeding cardinals. Binocular lust. Welcome to the life of Al Batt.
Al Batt, of rural Hartland, Minnesota, is a writer, speaker, storyteller, and humorist. Audiences around the globe have fallen in love with Al's nature stories through his newspaper columns, radio shows, and magazine articles. A Life Gone to the Birds brings together the best of those stories in a delightful collection.
Featuring original illustrations from artist Kevin Pope, the book takes readers back to Al's fledgling years on a dairy farm in Minnesota and follows his many misadventures with skunks, "ghost owls," honey-â€and-â€sugar sandwiches, and, of course, birds. As Al grows older, the stories only get more interesting. Each anecdote is served in Al's signature folksy style, lightly seasoned with wit and wisdom.
Read stories from a guy of whom the president of the United States once said, "Who?" You will learn why Al has never been asked to bring the potato salad to the Association of Normal People's Picnic. Some people claim that Al is a storyteller from Minnesota, but he is just a guy who loves birds.
A Life Gone to the Birds is available from birdwatchersdigest.com, albatt.net or by contacting Al at
snoeowl@aol.com.
For review copies please call 800.978.2473 or email
kyle@birdwatchersdigest.com.
Book Information:
A Life Gone to the Birds by Al Batt September 2013
ISBN: 978-â€1-â€880241-â€28-â€8 $14.95 (CAN $16.95)
5 x 8, 208 pages, paperback
Contact:
Al Batt 507.845.2836
snoeowl@aol.com
www.albatt.net
What people are saying about Al Batt...
"Al is one of the most kind, genuine, and motivating human beings due to his deep love of people and birds. This guy knows how to spin a yarn and twist a word for my reading pleasure. A mash-â€up of Norman Rockwell and Bill Cosby. One normally doesn't think about comedic timing in writing, but Al Batt's got it."
-Robert Mortenson of "Birding is Fun"
"Al comes at you from left field, makes you laugh, makes you think, and does it with fewer words than an advertising jingle!"
-Bo Beolens, aka "Fatbirder"
"Al Batt (aka Al B of Hartland), is our first and only Official Ornithologist, for two excellent reasons: He really knows his birds, and he writes about them in a most entertaining way. You will quickly discover that reading his bird stories is a simple pleasure of the highest order."
-"Bulletin Board," St. Paul Pioneer Press
