Native - Life in a Vanishing Landscape

Shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing 2020 and Times Bestseller. Native is poignant and moving book which weaves together folklore and science, tradition and progress to examine how we take what has passed and transform it for the future.

About the author

Patrick Laurie is a freelance journalist. His blog Working for Grouse is visited by over 30,000 visitors each year. As well as writing and farming, he works for Soil Association Scotland on a program which supports conservation projects on farmland. His first book, The Black Grouse (Merlin Unwin, 2012), was the first natural history book on this rare and declining species. 

Summary

Shortlisted for The Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing 2020 and Times Bestseller. Native is poignant and moving book which weaves together folklore and science, tradition and progress to examine how we take what has passed and transform it for the future.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Laurie, Laurie Patrick
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781780277073
• ISBN: 978-1-78027-707-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); NATURE / General, Cultural Studies, NATURE / Animal Rights, Scotland, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, natural history, Animals & society, Northern Scotland, Highlands & Islands, Nature and the natural world: general interest, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Lowland Scotland and Borders, Lowland Scotland & Borders, Restoration ecology / rewilding, Animals and society / Animal rights - issues and debates