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Dream Island (Nature Classics)
Ronald Lockley
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Description for Dream Island (Nature Classics)
Paperback. Dream Island is an account of how, together with his wife Doris, Lockley moved onto the tiny island of Skokholm, four miles off the tip of Pembrokeshire, and just one mile long at its longest. The island had been uninhabited, apart from lighthouse keepers, since at least the beginning of the century. Series: Nature Classics. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKWV; BM; WNCB; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 322.
In 1927, Ronald Lockley took a 21 year lease on the small island of Skokholm, just off the Pembrokeshire coast in South Wales. A keen ornithologist, he began studies of the bird life on the island, and on neighbouring Skomer, famous today for its puffins. In the 1930s he published two books about his life on the island, Dream Island (1930) and Island Days (1934), which are now combined in this one volume. Lockley was a hugely influential figure in natural history and was lauded by Sir Peter Scott and Richard Adams, the author of Watership Down, who also used ... Read more
In 1927, Ronald Lockley took a 21 year lease on the small island of Skokholm, just off the Pembrokeshire coast in South Wales. A keen ornithologist, he began studies of the bird life on the island, and on neighbouring Skomer, famous today for its puffins. In the 1930s he published two books about his life on the island, Dream Island (1930) and Island Days (1934), which are now combined in this one volume. Lockley was a hugely influential figure in natural history and was lauded by Sir Peter Scott and Richard Adams, the author of Watership Down, who also used ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little Toller Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Nature Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Wimborne Minster, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908213327
SKU
V9781908213327
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Ref
99-15
About Ronald Lockley
Ronald Lockley (1903-2000) was a Welsh naturalist and ornithologist, who wrote overfifty books on the natural world, including Dream Island, Island Days, Letters fromSkokholm and The Private Life of the Rabbit, an important source for Watership Down
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