On The Farm. First Printing. Signed by the Author. NEW

Jimmy Doherty

ISBN 10: 0091897858 / ISBN 13: 9780091897857

Published by London. Ebury Press/Random House, 2004

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London. Ebury Press/Random House. 2004. First Edition/First Printing (1 included in full number line on copyright page). Hard Cover. Crown 4to 10"x7½"  [25.4cm x 19cm] approx. 218 pp. Laminated pictorial boards with matching unclipped dust jacket. Flat signed by the author without dedication to the title page. Liberally illustrated in colour throughout including endpapers. With his PhD in Entomology and his infectious enthusiasm, Jimmy has the academic weight of David Attenborough and the populist persuasiveness of Jamie Oliver. Jimmy has to face the commercial reality of farming today: this is his living - it has to work. And in the same way that Jamie Oliver inspired a new generation to love good food, Jimmy will inspire us to care about where our food comes from. Through the programme you'll learn how to grow your own vegetables, keep chickens and pick the best pork at the butchers. Book and jacket are new. The dust jacket will be protected with a new protective mylar sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On The Farm. First Printing. Signed by the Author. NEW
• Publisher: London. Ebury Press/Random House
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091897858
• ISBN 13: 9780091897857
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Weight: 1200 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

From Delia to Michael Palin, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to Alan Titchmarsh, David Attenborough to Jamie Oliver, the TV tie-ins that sell books are those with charismatic presenters. When you meet Jimmy you'll realise that this is television's big new name. With his PhD in Entomology and his infectious enthusiasm, Jimmy has the academic weight of David Attenborough and the populist persuasiveness of Jamie Oliver (who happens to be his oldest friend). Jimmy's Farm will be a 6-part primetime BBC TV series for autumn 2004 in which we follow Jimmy realising his dream of setting up a unique farm with rare breed pigs. Unlike Hugh F-W who plays at being a smallholder, Jimmy has to face the commercial reality of farming today: this is his living - it has to work. And in the same way that Jamie Oliver inspired a new generation to love good food, Jimmy will inspire us to care about where our food comes from. Through the programme you'll learn how to grow your own vegetables, keep chickens and pick the best pork at the butchers. There will also be a directory of farmers' markets and recipes for hedgerow cooking, But the book is also about living the dream and turning your back on mass-product

About the Author

Born in Essex, Jimmy Doherty's passion for farming and everything to do with nature started early. By the age of 16 he was an Assistant Entomologist at the Molehall Wildlife Park and at 25 he moved to the Entomology Department at the Natural History Museum. Jimmy's love of the great outdoors has taken him all over the world in search of adventure - hiking in the deserts of Israel to trekking in the jungles of Malaysia.