All Creatures Great and Small [electronic resource]
Herriot, James1987
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Contains If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet The inspiration for the BBC series of the same name Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, to the young James Herriot 1930s Yorkshire seems to offers an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But from his erratic new colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, to incomprehensible farmers, herds of semi-feral cattle, a pig called Nugent and an overweight Pekingese called Tricki Woo, James find he is on a learning curve as steep as the hills around him. And when he meets Helen, the beautiful daughter of a local farmer, all the training and experience in the world can't help him... Since they were first published, James Herriot's memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Creatures Great and Small is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain's best-loved authors.
Main title:
All Creatures Great and Small [electronic resource] / James Herriot
Author:
Herriot, James, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Pan Macmillan UK, 1987
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
James Herriot grew up in Glasgow and qualified as a veterinary surgeon at Glasgow Veterinary College. Shortly afterwards he took up a position as an assistant in a North Yorkshire practice where he has remained, with the exception of his wartime service in the RAF. He is married with a son who is also a veterinary surgeon and a daughter who is a doctor.
ISBN:
9781743284124
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
321371
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | Libby, by Overdrive - eBook |