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Gilbert White
Richard Mabey
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Description for Gilbert White
Paperback. When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote "The Natural History of Selborne" (1789), he created one of the greatest and influential natural history works, his detailed observations about birds and animals providing the cornerstones of modern ecology. This biography tells the story of this clergyman. Num Pages: 256 pages, plates. BIC Classification: BG; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote The Natural History of Selborne (1789), he created one of the greatest and most influential natural history works of all time, his detailed observations about birds and animals providing the cornerstones of modern ecology. In this award-winning biography, Richard Mabey tells the wonderful story of the clergyman - England's first ecologist - whose inspirational naturalist's handbook has become an English classic.
When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote The Natural History of Selborne (1789), he created one of the greatest and most influential natural history works of all time, his detailed observations about birds and animals providing the cornerstones of modern ecology. In this award-winning biography, Richard Mabey tells the wonderful story of the clergyman - England's first ecologist - whose inspirational naturalist's handbook has become an English classic.
Product Details
Publisher
PROFILE BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
227g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861978073
SKU
V9781861978073
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Ref
99-99
About Richard Mabey
Richard Mabey is one of Britain's foremost writers on the subject of nature. He is the author of Flora Britannica, which won the British Book Awards' Illustrated Book of the Year, and Birds Britannica (Chatto, 2005) and he wrote, narrated and produced the popular BBC TV series Postcards from the Country in 1996. He writes a regular column for BBC ... Read more
Reviews for Gilbert White
His evocation of the landscape is brilliant. We seem to be jogging down those deeply rutted lanes behind the parson looking over his shoulder.
Times Educational Supplement
Enthralling ... an excellent evocation of White and his times which certainly deserves a place beside the original work
Alan Sillitoe
Sunday Times
Times Educational Supplement
Enthralling ... an excellent evocation of White and his times which certainly deserves a place beside the original work
Alan Sillitoe
Sunday Times