The Real James Herriot: The Authorized Biography - Hardcover

Wight, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0771088434 ISBN 13: 9780771088438

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, 1999

Synopsis

371 pages of excellent text, filled with great photos. a touching biography of James Herriot, a British veterinary surgeon and author. Herriot was his pen name - his real name was James Alfred "Alf" Wight. His story is told beautifully by his son.

About this title

About the Author:

JIM WIGHT took time out from the veterinary practice in Thirsk, where he worked with his father for many years, in order to write and then publicise this book. He lives just outside Thirsk in North Yorkshire.

From AudioFile:

James Herriot, author of ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL and other books, is probably the world's most famous veterinarian. In real life, the author was Alf Wight, an unassuming country vet in Scotland with a talent for writing. His son, Jim Wight, has written a readable and interesting biography of his father. Readers of ALL CREATURES who don't know much about Alf Wight will enjoy this look behind the pages. They'll discover the real Siegfried Farnon and his brother, Tristan. But to readers who already know a bit about the author, Jim Wight breaks little new ground. The reader is Christopher Timothy, the lead actor in the TV series "All Creatures Great and Small" and the reader of the audio versions of several Herriot works. He does a solid, even engaging job. But he's so clearly identified as James Herriot, it can be a bit disorienting when he says something like "my father," and means James, and not James's father. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0771088434
• ISBN 13: 9780771088438
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384