The Accidental Naturalist - Hardcover

Fogle, Ben

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593068556 ISBN 13: 9780593068557

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2012

Synopsis

The Accidental Naturalist For as long as he can remember, Ben Fogle has been surrounded by creatures great and small. As a young boy his best friends were Liberty and Lexington, the family dogs. Then there was Milly the puma-sized cat, Jaws the goldfish and three very 'charismatic' parrots, not to mention a whole host of weird and wonderful animals. Full description

About this title

Book Description:

Heart-breaking and hair-raising wildlife adventures from bestselling author Ben Fogle

About the Author:

Ben Fogle is a TV presenter, writer, adventurer and accidental naturalist. The son of actress Julia Foster and vet Bruce Fogle, his life has never been exactly ordinary. As well as taking part in many of the toughest physical challenges on earth, from rowing the Atlantic to walking to the South Pole, Ben has found himself diving with blue whales near Sri Lanka, tracking great white sharks off the coast of California and racing dogs across the Arctic circle.

Ben has presented numerous programmes, including the BBC's Animal Park, Countryfile, Wild in Africa, Wild on the West Coast, Crufts, One Man and His Dog and Swimming with Crocodiles. He is an ambassador for WWF, Tusk, the PDSA and Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the President of the Campaign for National Parks and President of the Hedgehog Preservation Society.

He lives in London with his wife Marina, their children Ludo and Iona, and their two dogs Maggi and Inca. He is currently preparing to swim across the Atlantic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0593068556
• ISBN 13: 9780593068557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352