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Eagle in the Airing Cupboard

English · Paperback

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Informationen zum Autor Rex Harper set up home in Cornwall in 1958 after serving in the RAF as a police dog handler. He worked in a local woollen mill and post office whilst building up his farm with his wife Julie! becoming the full-time RSPCA warden of the Perranporth centre in 1987. He was awarded the MBE for services to animal welfare in 2003. Klappentext AN EAGLE IN THE AIRING CUPBOARD picks up where Rex Harpers first book! AN OTTER ON THE AGA! left off. It follows the fortunes of the Cornish RSPCA centre through one of its most testing twelve months. Once more it is a mixture of funny! touching and sometimes moving animal stories. And once more it features a cast of unforgettable characters! like Alfie and Blue! two hideously mistreated greyhounds that are rehabilitated at the farm! as well as the return of old favourites from Rex's first book! including his loyal dog Moss. Throughout! Rex evokes the sights! smells! sounds and spirit of the Cornish countryside in all its timeless beauty. He also encounters sickening cases of animal cruelty committed by humans unfit to care for any living thing. Funny! warm and evocative! it is a book that is! once more! set to melt and occasionally break the hearts of animal lovers everywhere. The second book from the remarkable Rex Harper, the Cornish-based combination of St Francis of Assisi and The Birdman of Alcatraz, James Herriot and Doctor Dolittle Zusammenfassung The second book from the remarkable Rex Harper, the Cornish-based combination of St Francis of Assisi and The Birdman of Alcatraz, James Herriot and Doctor Dolittle

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Authors Rex Harper, Harper Rex
Publisher Review Headline
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 19.02.2009
 
EAN 9780755318032
ISBN 978-0-7553-1803-2
No. of pages 352
Dimensions 132 mm x 199 mm x 24 mm
Subjects Guides > Nature

Cornwall, NATURE / Animals / General, MEDICAL / Veterinary Medicine / Small Animal, The countryside, country life: general interest, Veterinary medicine: large animals (domestic / farm), The countryside, country life, Veterinary medicine: large animals

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