- Paperback: 312 pages
- Publisher: West Press (March 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1406706043
- ISBN-13: 978-1406706048
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 358 g
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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William Henry Hudson was born in Argentina, the son of American settlers from New England. He spent his youth studying the local flora and fauna, and, as a young man, travelled widely on horseback, visiting Brazil, Uruguay, and Patagonia.In 1869, at the age of 28, he settled in England, and began a new life as a wanderer and field naturalist.
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a view from the ground (around 1900), July 14 2006
By A. G. Plumb "Greg Plumb" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Afoot in England (Paperback)
Hudson was such a wonderful pastoral writer (although his novel 'A Crystal Age' pushes well passed the pastoral), full of sensitive observations of nature - geography, buildings (yes, they are part of nature too), people (usually humble people) and especially birds. His childhood took place in Argentina but he always had a yearning for England. He did write about that other world too. At the start of 'Afoot in England' it appears he was undertaking his walks - free of guide books quite deliberately - with his wife. But she disappears midway through this book, is not refered too - not even obliquely - any more and I wonder what sort of tragedy might have marked his life at the time of writing. But whatever might have happened it didn't impair his ability to continue observing and reporting in a down-to-earth way (in comparison to, say, the somewhat aloof short stories of Rabindranath Tagore).Other recommendations:
W H Hudson novels - 'A Crystal Age', 'Green Mansions'
W H Hudson non-fiction - 'A Shepherd's Life', 'Idle Days in Patagonia'
W H Hudson autobiography 'Far Away and Long Ago'
Rabindranath Tagore - selected short stories
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