All Things Herriot: James Herriot and His Peaceable Kingdom - Hardcover

Sternlicht, Sanford

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815603223 ISBN 13: 9780815603221

Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 1995

Synopsis

This work is partly a biography of the famous writer of veterinary tales, and partly a literary and cultural study. The author examines Herriot's life and career in the context of the social, cultural and historical fabric of the first half of the 20th century.

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From the Back Cover

All Things Herriot is the first full-length book about this best-selling author, whose work, adapted for television, has swept through the world in one of the most popular and enduring series of all times: All Creatures Great and Small. Sanford Sternlicht offers a comprehensive, up-to-the-moment evaluation of the Herriot achievements, and it offers the most detailed biography of the real Herriot, James Alfred Wight, in print to date. He explores how this good-natured veterinarian came into existence and how he developed over the course of the series of books. How and why Herriot made the transition to television is examined as well as the effect the shows had on audiences. This is the story of the "creating" of James Herriot, how he captured the imagination of popular culture. This simple man, with his profound love for all creatures in his peaceable kingdom, has earned for himself a secure and enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and viewers alike.

About the Author

Sanford Sternlicht is part-time professor of English at Syracuse University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0815603223
• ISBN 13: 9780815603221
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 188