Actually a short novella, Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach tells the simple story of a seagull who dares to soar. It was first published in 1970 as Jonathan Livingston Seagull — a story. By the end of 1972, over a million copies were in print and Reader's Digestpublished a condensed version. The book reached the top of theNew York Timesbestseller list, where it remained for 38 weeks – then was transformed into a film. In 1972 and 1973 the book topped the Publishers Weeklylist of bestselling novels in the United States – defying all who scoffed at the idea that readers could be inspired by a seagull who was not content to fight and bicker over scraps of fish, but chose to soar majestically and climb to the heights.

~ Rob Kerby

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