All Creatures Great and Small
From a Yorkshire veterinarian and a wise and wonderful writer: The New York Times bestseller and basis for the beloved BBC series of the same name (The Boston Globe). In the rolling dales of Yorkshire, a simple, rural region of northern England, a young veterinarian from Sunderland joins a new practice. A stranger in a strange land, he must quickly learn the odd dialect and humorous ways of the locals, master outdated equipment, and do his best to mend, treat, and heal pets and livestock alike. This witty and heartwarming collection, based on the author's own experiences, became an international success, spawning sequels and winning over anim…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4532-2790-9
- EAN: 9781453227909
- Produktnummer: 17908849
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 440 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 9'398 KB
- Reihenbandnummer: 1
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James Herriot (1916-1995) was the pen name of James Alfred Alf Wight, an English veterinarian whose tales of veterinary practice and country life have delighted generations. Many of Herriot's works-including All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Things Wise and Wonderful, The Lord God Made Them All, and Every Living Thing-became international bestsellers and have been adapted for film and television. Herriot's stories rely on numerous autobiographical elements taken from his life in northern England's Yorkshire County, and they depict a simple, rustic world deeply in touch with the cycles of nature.
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