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Gone Wild: Stories from a Lifetime of Wildlife Travel
Malcolm Smith
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Description for Gone Wild: Stories from a Lifetime of Wildlife Travel
Paperback. Travel stories about some of the most amazing and unusual parts of the wild world with vivid descriptions of an array of wild animals and the places they inhabit. Strange and amusing encounters with local people and occasional brushes with authority. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: WNC; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Often amusing, sometimes romantic or fraught with danger, these 30 short stories are about local people, spectacular places and the special wildlife the author sets out to find. The stories include seeking out Arabian Oryx on the searing plains of the Saudi desert; eiderdown collecting in Iceland, crouching in swirling clouds and darkness on a knife-edge ridge in the rugged Madeiran mountains and swimming with Grey Seals off the Pembroke coast. The author describes incredible encounters with spectacular animals from lumbering manatees and dangerous rhinos to unforgettable experiences such as being led by a honeyguide with a Kenyan Dorobo tribesman ... Read more
Often amusing, sometimes romantic or fraught with danger, these 30 short stories are about local people, spectacular places and the special wildlife the author sets out to find. The stories include seeking out Arabian Oryx on the searing plains of the Saudi desert; eiderdown collecting in Iceland, crouching in swirling clouds and darkness on a knife-edge ridge in the rugged Madeiran mountains and swimming with Grey Seals off the Pembroke coast. The author describes incredible encounters with spectacular animals from lumbering manatees and dangerous rhinos to unforgettable experiences such as being led by a honeyguide with a Kenyan Dorobo tribesman ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
498 g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Caithness, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849951777
SKU
V9781849951777
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Malcolm Smith
Dr. Smith is a biologist and former Chief Scientist at the Countryside Council for Wales. He is a prolific writer on wildlife, environment and travel and has had numerous features published in a variety of magazines and newspapers. He is the author of the acclaimed Life with Birds, a story of mutual exploitation and Back from the Brink.
Reviews for Gone Wild: Stories from a Lifetime of Wildlife Travel
'...as his latest book describes, he's had scary moments, as well as awe-inspired ones! Visits to the New Forest, Iceland's offshore islands and countless wonderful corners of our planet have left Malcolm at times inspired, overawed and joyous...' The Sunday Post
'...What a fascinating book. ...describes his adventures (and misadventures) in a variety of far flung places as diverse ... Read more
'...What a fascinating book. ...describes his adventures (and misadventures) in a variety of far flung places as diverse ... Read more