The Natural History of Selborne

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Synopsis
More than any other writer Gilbert White (1720-93) has shaped the relationship between man and nature. A hundred years before Darwin, White realised the crucial role of worms in the formation of soil and understood the significance of territory and song in birds. His precise, scrupulously honest and unaffectedly witty observations led him to interpret animals' behaviour in a unique manner. This collection of his letters to the explorer and naturalist Daines Barrington and the eminent zoologist Thomas Pennant - White's intellectual lifelines from his country-village home - are a beautifully written, detailed evocation of the lives of the flora and fauna of eighteenth-century England.
Copyright:
1977

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
270 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780141905198
Related ISBNs:
9780140431124
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Richard Mabey
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Animals, Outdoors and Nature
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Richard Mabey

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