Johnathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull This article is about the book. For the film adaptation, see Jonathan Livingston Seagull (film) . For the Neil Diamond soundtrack album, see Jonathan Livingston Seagull (album) . Jonathan Livingston Seagull , written by Richard Bach and illustrated by Russell Munson, is a fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection. Bach wrote it as a series of short stories that were published in Flying magazine in the late 1960s. It was first published in book form in 1970, and by the end of 1972 over a million copies were in print. Reader's Digest published a condensed version, and the book reached the top of the New York Times Best Seller list , where it remained for 37 weeks. In 1972 and 1973, the book topped the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States . Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Story First edition Author Richard Bach Illustrator Russel Muns