James Herriot

All Creatures Great and Small

The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A tie-in to the PBS Masterpiece series and Christmas special, available on streaming and home video. All Creatures Great and Small is first volume in the multimillion copy bestselling series. Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herriot, the world's most beloved veterinarian, and his menagerie of heartwarming, funny, and tragic animal patients. For fifty years, generations of readers have flocked to Herriot's marvelous tales, deep love of life, and extraordinary storytelling abilities. For decades, Herriot roamed the remote, beautiful Yorkshire Dales, treating every patient that came his way from smallest to largest, and observing animals and humans alike with his keen, loving eye. In All Creatures Great and Small, we meet the young Herriot as he takes up his calling and discovers that the realities of veterinary practice in rural Yorkshire are very different from the sterile setting of veterinary school. James Herriot's memoirs have sold 80 million copies worldwide, and continue to delight and entertain readers of all ages.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• All Creatures Great and Small
• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 167mm x 107mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 232g
• ISBN-13: 9781250766335
• ISBN-10: 1250766338
• Artikelnr.: 58462809

Autorenporträt

JAMES HERRIOT was a veterinarian in Yorkshire, England for over half a century until his death in 1995. His bestselling memoirs include All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Things Wise and Wonderful, The Lord God Made Them All, and Every Living Thing. At age 23, Herriot qualified for veterinary practice with the Glasgow Veterinary College, and moved to the town of Thirsk in Yorkshire to work in a rural practice. He would live in, work in, and write about the region for the rest of his life.

Rezensionen

Bulls with sunstroke, pigs on the run and a cake-eating Peke with a betting habit . . . I grew up reading James Herriot's book and I'm delighted that thirty years on they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then. Kate Humble