Wildlife in a Southern County [Paperback]

Richard Jeffries (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 31, 2005

Beautifully illustrated with engravings by C. F. Tunnicliffe, "Wild Life in a Southern County" is a meticulous, comprehensive study of the natural and social history of the area of Southern and South-Western England known as Wessex. Richard Jefferies describes the countryside and the animals, birds, fish and plants that lived there both as a naturalist and as an artist, and he pays considerable attention to detail, bringing to life a vision as of the countryside as it was before the mechanisation of farming and the ever-present noise of cars and aeroplanes. He also looks at the villages, hamlets and farms of the area and their inhabitants, recording for posterity their ways of life, their customs and traditions and some of the stories that they told. "Wild Life in a Southern County" is a delightfully-written evocation of the rural idyll of Wessex as it was in the 1870s.

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About the Author

Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) gained his first writing experience composing descriptive sketches for the North Wilts Advertiser. He published his first book The Goddards of North Wiltshire in 1863 and went on to publish numerous novels and factual works as well as continuing to contribute to papers such as the Pall Mall Gazette. His most popular books were those about rural life. Despite a serious illness in 1881 and a debilitating wasting disease which forced him to dictate his work to his wife, Jeffries continued to write until his death in 1887.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Nonsuch Publishing (August 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1845880641
• ISBN-13: 978-1845880644
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,382,619 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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