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Badgerlands: The Twilight World of Britain’s Most Enigmatic Animal
Patrick Barkham
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Description for Badgerlands: The Twilight World of Britain’s Most Enigmatic Animal
Paperback. The author of The Butterfly Isles turns his wry, affectionate attention to an even more beloved (and controversial) British animal - the badger Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
Britain is the home of the badger - there are more badgers per square kilometre in this country than in any other. And yet many of us have never seen one alive and in the wild. They are nocturnal creatures who vanish into their labyrinthine underground setts at the first hint of a human. Here, Patrick Barkham follows in the footsteps of his badger-loving grandmother, to meet the feeders, farmers and scientists who know their way around Badgerlands: the mysterious world in which these distinctively striped creatures snuffle, dig and live out their complex social lives. As the debate over the badger cull continues, Barkham weighs the evidence on both sides of the argument, and delves into the rich history of the badger - from their prehistoric arrival in Britain and their savage persecution over the centuries, to Kenneth Grahame's fictional creation in Wind in the Willows and the badger who became a White House pet. From the celebrated author of The Butterfly Isles, this is rich, vivid nature writing at its best.
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847085054
SKU
V9781847085054
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Ref
99-99
About Patrick Barkham
PATRICK BARKHAM was born in 1975 in Norfolk and was educated at Cambridge University. He is a features writer for the Guardian, where he has reported on everything from the Iraq War to climate change. He is the author of The Butterfly Isles. He lives in Norfolk.
Reviews for Badgerlands: The Twilight World of Britain’s Most Enigmatic Animal
A superb work of natural history set in changing times. Enjoy it as you ponder on the problems of Badgers and Humans
David Bellamy A timely and virtuous book... superb
Paul Binding
Independent
Well-timed [and] well-balanced... An accessible insight into a complex, crepuscular world
Hugh Warwick
Guardian
Barkham has a weird, Louis Theroux-like sympathy for everybody involved. Which makes the book as warmly human as it is meline... This book is a terrific piece of work, one that increases everybody's understanding of the most difficult and controversy-ridden species of British fauna
Simon Barnes
The Times
Perceptive and compassionate
John Burnside, Books of the Year
New Statesman
Sensitive and thoughtful
Andrew Holgate, Books of the Year
Sunday Times
Wonderful
Stephen Moss, Books of the Year
Guardian
Beautiful
Mark Smith, Books of the Year
Herald
The badger is Britain's most beloved mammal, and the most loathed. Barkham listens to all voices in his excellent Badgerlands, but in the end the badgers carry the day
Simon Barnes, Books of the Year
The Times
Badger enthusiast Barkham pens a loving ode to the most maligned of mammals
Amelia Walsh
Observer
A carefully written exploration of the cultural and natural history of this much-loved animal... What really entices is the badger itself, a cautious, secretive, curiously gentle creature about which so much is still unknown
Andrew Holgate
Sunday Times
Superb... Charming and persuasive
James Delingpole
Mail on Sunday
An affectionate and timely portrait of a most elusive creature
Bella Bathurst
Sunday Telegraph
Barkham's affectionate new study couldn't be more timely... Fine and well-crafted
Peter Lewis
Telegraph
A careful, engaging look at the history and impact of the badger
Sunday Times
A commendably even-handed book... Anyone interested in the debate should read this book
Jason Goodwin
Spectator
Barkham moves between wider literary and cultural considerations to more lyrical evocations of place and moment. He has a poet's eye for natural detail
Eastern Daily Times
Rich, vivid nature writing at its best
Hereford Times
Enlightening and satisfying
Countryfile Magazine
Barkham takes great care in depicting both sides of the badger cull debate, digging up the rich history of the mammal while talking to farmers whose livestock and earning have been blighted by badgers
Daily Mail
Thoughtful... Barkham brings a little-known creature to life
Daily Telegraph
This book increases everybody's understanding of the most difficult and controversy-ridden species of British fauna
Simon Barnes
The Times
An accessible insight into a complex, crepuscular world
Hugh Warwick
Guardian
Wonderful... a joy to read and incredibly informative... a must have for nature enthusiasts
‘Book of the Week’ Bath Chronicle
David Bellamy A timely and virtuous book... superb
Paul Binding
Independent
Well-timed [and] well-balanced... An accessible insight into a complex, crepuscular world
Hugh Warwick
Guardian
Barkham has a weird, Louis Theroux-like sympathy for everybody involved. Which makes the book as warmly human as it is meline... This book is a terrific piece of work, one that increases everybody's understanding of the most difficult and controversy-ridden species of British fauna
Simon Barnes
The Times
Perceptive and compassionate
John Burnside, Books of the Year
New Statesman
Sensitive and thoughtful
Andrew Holgate, Books of the Year
Sunday Times
Wonderful
Stephen Moss, Books of the Year
Guardian
Beautiful
Mark Smith, Books of the Year
Herald
The badger is Britain's most beloved mammal, and the most loathed. Barkham listens to all voices in his excellent Badgerlands, but in the end the badgers carry the day
Simon Barnes, Books of the Year
The Times
Badger enthusiast Barkham pens a loving ode to the most maligned of mammals
Amelia Walsh
Observer
A carefully written exploration of the cultural and natural history of this much-loved animal... What really entices is the badger itself, a cautious, secretive, curiously gentle creature about which so much is still unknown
Andrew Holgate
Sunday Times
Superb... Charming and persuasive
James Delingpole
Mail on Sunday
An affectionate and timely portrait of a most elusive creature
Bella Bathurst
Sunday Telegraph
Barkham's affectionate new study couldn't be more timely... Fine and well-crafted
Peter Lewis
Telegraph
A careful, engaging look at the history and impact of the badger
Sunday Times
A commendably even-handed book... Anyone interested in the debate should read this book
Jason Goodwin
Spectator
Barkham moves between wider literary and cultural considerations to more lyrical evocations of place and moment. He has a poet's eye for natural detail
Eastern Daily Times
Rich, vivid nature writing at its best
Hereford Times
Enlightening and satisfying
Countryfile Magazine
Barkham takes great care in depicting both sides of the badger cull debate, digging up the rich history of the mammal while talking to farmers whose livestock and earning have been blighted by badgers
Daily Mail
Thoughtful... Barkham brings a little-known creature to life
Daily Telegraph
This book increases everybody's understanding of the most difficult and controversy-ridden species of British fauna
Simon Barnes
The Times
An accessible insight into a complex, crepuscular world
Hugh Warwick
Guardian
Wonderful... a joy to read and incredibly informative... a must have for nature enthusiasts
‘Book of the Week’ Bath Chronicle