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Book by Mabey, Richard
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About the Author
RICHARD MABEY is the godfather of contemporary nature writing and has authored some forty books, including Food for Free, the groundbreaking Flora Britannica and The Unofficial Countryside, Beechcombings, Weeds, and his wonderful memoir Nature Cure, which was shortlisted for three major literary awards. He writes for The Times, Guardian and Granta, contributes frequently to BBC radio, and has written a column in BBC Wildlife magazine since 1986. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by St Andrews and Essex universities for his contributions to nature writing and was appointed to the Civil List in 2008 for services to literature. He is a Trustee of the arts and conservation charity Common Ground, Vice-President of the Open Spaces Society and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2011. He lives in the Waveney Valley, Norfolk.
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"Richard Mabey is a natural historian whose special gift is to observe the outward and visible world in such a way as to illuminate the inward and invisible one." Andrew Motion
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- PublisherCentury
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0712637206
- ISBN 13 9780712637206
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages186
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Paperback. Condition: Good. From childhood dens in the grounds of a derelict mansion, through explorations of the wild, bird-haunted fringes of the north Norfolk coast, and the final rediscovery of his roots in the Chiltern woodlands, this book traces the growth of Richard Mabey's view of nature. Yet the book is more than a series of autobiographical episodes, for it presents a critique of our traditional attitudes towards nature and the coutryside. This reaches a dramatic climax with his account of the environmental crises of the 1980s: Scottish afforestation, the seal plague and the great hurricane of 1987. Richard Mabey also wrote "The Frampton Flora", "Gilbert White: A Biography", "The Flowering of Kew" and "Natural History of Selbourne". The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR001568615
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