A Shepherd's Life (Nature Classics Library) - Softcover

W.H. Hudson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0956254578 ISBN 13: 9780956254573

Publisher: Little Toller Books, 2010

Synopsis

Through the story of one man, Caleb Bawcombe, a shepherd whose flocks graze the Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset borders, we meet men and women of humble birth - poachers, gypsies, farmers and laborers - striving to survive on the land. As we read, the cumulative affect of their stories becomes much more than a record of rural life. It reads like a lost hymn, sung by people whose lives were disregarded and whose histories are now forgotten. W H Hudson's masterful book, merging fiction, reminiscence, memoir and oral history, was recognized as a classic when it was first published in 1910. It remains so today. First published by Methuen & Co.

About this title

Review:

""Hudson is one of those men that love life in the open, and possess a taste for the adventurous and the picturesque."

"Hudson is one of those men that love life in the open, and possess a taste for the adventurous and the picturesque." --Theodore Roosevelt

About the Author:

W. H. Hudson is the author of "Far Away and Long Ago," " Green Mansions," "The Naturalist in La Plata," and "The Purple Land."

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Toller Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0956254578
• ISBN 13: 9780956254573
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Illustrator: Howard Phipps