The Birds (story) The Birds (story) "The Birds" is a horror story by British writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in her 1952 collection "The Apple Tree". It is the story of a farmhand, his family, and his community that are attacked by flocks of birds and seabirds in "kamikaze" fashion. The story is set in du Maurier's native Cornwall shortly after the end of the Second World War. By the end of the story it becomes clear that all of Britain is under aerial assault. The story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's film "The Birds", released in 1963, the same year
Based on a True Story... The Brotherhood Album" and by Staind singer Aaron Lewis on his 2012 debut country album, "The Road". Lewis's version was released as a single to country radio in 2013 and peaked at No. 46 on the "Billboard" Country Airplay chart. "Based on a True Story…" received mixed to positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, a website which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 from reviews by mainstream critics, it holds a rating of 64 based on 5 reviews. Joseph Hudak of "Country Weekly" thought that some of the songs "feel rushed, as if "The Voice" coach hurriedly picked songs