Author Helen Macdonald on "H is for Hawk: A New Chapter"

In 2007, writer and falconer Helen Macdonald lost her father tragically to a heart attack. The two were close, and in order to find a way through her grief, she retreated to a childhood passion for falconry. Helen adopted goshawk, a notoriously difficult bird to tame, and over the course of many months, trained her to become an obedient hunter. She wrote about the experience in her best-selling 2014 book H is for Hawk. Now, ten years later, Helen’s experience training a new goshawk is the subject of the NATURE episode H is for Hawk: A New Chapter, which premieres Nov 1 at 8pm ET on PBS. Fred Kaufman, NATURE’s executive producer, interviewed Helen about the film at the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles early this summer. Learn more about "H Is for Hawk: A New Chapter" on the NATURE website:

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Author Helen Macdonald on "H is for Hawk: A New Chapter" is an episode from NATURE on PBS by Inside NATURE on PBS.

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This episode was published on Nov 1, 2017.

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