The Unofficial Countryside - Softcover

Mabey, R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712665064 ISBN 13: 9780712665063

Publisher: Pimlico, 1999

Synopsis

This is, in the most literal sense, a triumphant book. ' THE TIMES Under the banner of progress, urban and suburban development is fast wiping out our rural heritage. Yet Nature is adapting to even the worst of Man's excesses, and in this brilliant book Richard Mabey reveals the astonishing rich world of animal and plant life surviving and often thriving among docklands, railways, factories and canals. From orchids growing in abandoned cars to kestrels over Kensington, this is Britain's UNOFFICIAL COUNTRYSIDE. 'Every once in a while I get the intense pleasure of opening a book and finding it an entirely new way of looking at things. Such a book is Mr Mabey's. . . Truly remarkable. ' DAILY EXPRESS 'Mr Mabey's book is one that should hearten those who feel their surroundings are too mundane and 'spoiled' to provide sanctuary for wildlife. ' COUNTRYSIDE

About this title

From the Publisher

Little Toller Books republishes nature writing classics. Our new edition of Richard Mabey's groundbreaking book is illustrated - for the first time - with artwork by Mary Newcomb and includes a new introduction by Iain Sinclair.

About the Author

Richard Mabey is the author of some thirty books, including Food for Free (1972), Gilbert White, which won the Whitbread Biography Award in 1986, Flora Britannica (1996), Beechcombings: the narratives of Trees (2007), and his memoir Nature Cure (2005

Richard Mabey is the author of some thirty books, including Food for Free (1972), Gilbert White, which won the Whitbread Biography Award in 1986, Flora Britannica (1996), Beechcombings: the narratives of Trees (2007), and his memoir Nature Cure (2005).

Edition details

• Publisher: Pimlico
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712665064
• ISBN 13: 9780712665063
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176