- Hardcover: 279 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (November 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1596914777
- ISBN-13: 978-1596914773
- Product Dimensions: 18.5 x 14.7 x 2.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #551,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
A hilarious, baffling, and entertaining celebration of the world’s favorite rodent, the hedgehog.
In The Hedgehog’s Dilemma, Warwick gets to the bottom of the sudden boom in hedgehog popularity and examines the relationship between the hedgehog and man, covering both the mammal’s natural and un-natural evolution, from despised vermin to much-beloved beast. A historical and cultural exploration of the hedgehog, this is an engaging, informative, and charming look at the fascinating world of hedgehogs.
For more than twenty years, Hugh Warwick has tracked hedgehogs across the globe in the slim hopes of coming across the hedgehog’s tiny, but unmistakable, pawprints. Warwick isn’t alone in his endeavors. In England and Wales, the Environment Agency, Great Britain’s leading environmental group, recently selected the hedgehog as its new mascot; while in America, which lacks a native hedgehog species, fanciers flock to the biannual Mile High Hedgehog Show to celebrate en masse the little spiny urchin. But why does the hedgehog seem to have such universal appeal?
About the Author
Hugh Warwick is an environmental writer and photographer. He freelances across the print spectrum from BBC Wildlife and the New Scientist to The Daily Telegraph to radio documentaries for Radio 4. He is most recently responsible for stopping the great hedgehog massacre of Uist.
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3.9 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews)
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Delightful, Jan 12 2009
By R. Murphy - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Hedgehog's Dilemma: A Tale of Obsession, Nostalgia, and the World's Most Charming Mammal (Hardcover)
Few mammals can spark warm and sentimental feelings quite as quickly as the hedgehog, and Hugh Warwick has penned an utterly charming book that absolutely captures their appeal.I really can't say how much I enjoyed this book -- it was a light, interesting read that was peppered with Warwick's wry sense of humor as he described everything from chasing hedgehogs across the English countryside as an undergradute biologist to his introduction to the American Hedgehog Olympics.
Warwick writes with the heart of a poet and the eye of a scientist. His passion for hedgehogs is tempered with his understanding of where they fit in their ecosystems, and this charming book also carried with it a very real warning about the warning bells being set off by the environment. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hedgehogs are not rodents., Dec 29 2008
By bookie - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Hedgehog's Dilemma: A Tale of Obsession, Nostalgia, and the World's Most Charming Mammal (Hardcover)
A fascinating and fantastic look at an adorable and misunderstood mammal, but the product description is incorrect. Hedgehogs are not rodents. A book that offers so much accurate information should pay attention to the description a little more closely.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent on hedgehogs, and biology in general., May 23 2009
By Rose Miami "rose miami" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Hedgehog's Dilemma: A Tale of Obsession, Nostalgia, and the World's Most Charming Mammal (Hardcover)
I loved this book. I bought it because a good friend, a lifelong petless woman, is totally gaga over her pet pygmy hedgehog, and I just couldn't understand their appeal (being partial to the usual cats and dogs myself). But this book is not a primer on hedgehogs, as such. The book is a funny, informative, sensitive love story of the author and hedgehogs. The author is a professional biologist, and his description of how he started researching hedgehogs will either scare you off biology and wildlife watching forever, or it endear you to it forever. I learned a lot about how both hedgehogs and biologists go about their business in nature. Neither is as glamorous as you might think but both are very interesting. I recommend it for anyone interested in hedgehogs, field biology, ecology, or the scrappy intersection of nature and humans. I also loved his treatment of hedgehog carers and rescuers.
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