Seagull Jonathan Livingston

The complete edition of this timeless classic includes the recently rediscovered Part Four and Richard Bach's poem "Last Words." Jonathan Livingston's Gull, the most famous and inspiring tale of our time, tells the story of a bird determined to be more than ordinary. "Most gulls don't care to learn more than the simplest facts of flight—how to get from shore to food and back," author Richard Bach writes in this allegorical tale of a unique bird named Jonathan Livingston's Gull. "For most gulls, it's not flying that matters, it's eating. For this gull, it wasn't eating that mattered, it was flying." Flight is indeed the metaphor that soars this story. This modern bestselling classic is a fable about pursuing a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe, or neighborhood finds your ambition threatened (at one point, our beloved gull is expelled from his flock). By not compromising his higher vision, Jonathan learns the meaning of love and kindness and receives the ultimate reward—transcendence. Russell Munson's dreamy illustrations provide the perfect backdrop for this spiritual classic that has inspired thousands of readers to follow their own path in life and thus realize their true potential.