All Creatures Great and Small - The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet

Informationen zum Autor James Herriot, a pseudonym for James Alfred Wight, grew up in Glasgow and qualified as a veterinary surgeon at Glasgow Veterinary College. Shortly afterwards he took up a position as an assistant in a North Yorkshire practice where he remained, with the exception of his wartime service in the RAF, until his death in 1995. He wrote many books about Yorkshire country life, including some for children, but he is best known for his memoirs, which begin with If Only They Could Talk . The books were televised in the enormously popular series All Creatures Great and Small . Klappentext The first volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC television series of the same name To the young James Herriot, fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, 1930s Yorkshire seems to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But, as he faces challenges ranging from his erratic new colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, to incomprehensible farmers, herds of semi-feral cattle, a pig called Nugent and an overweight Pekingese called Tricki Woo, James finds he is on a learning curve as steep as the hills around him. And when he meets Helen, the beautiful daughter of a local farmer, all the training and experience in the world can't help him . . . Since they were first published, James Herriot's memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal-lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Creatures Great and Small is a heartwarming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain's best-loved authors. Contains If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet Zusammenfassung The highs and lows of being a vet in the Yorkshire Dales are perfectly captured in James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small which contains If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: James Herriot, Herriot James
• Editore: Pan Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 18 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.09.2020
• EAN: 9781529042061
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-4206-1
• Pagine: 560
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 196 mm x 37 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales, Autobiography: literary, The countryside, country life: general interest, Veterinary medicine: large animals (domestic / farm), The countryside, country life, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Veterinary medicine: large animals, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Biography: writers, Animal Husbandry, Animals / General, Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, Medical (incl. Patients), Veterinary Medicine / Food Animal, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Fiction based on or inspired by true events