West with the Light
My Life in Nature
$38.01
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
5 August 2021
Summary
‘Don’t send him to Torremolinos; it’s not his kind of tundra.’ Such was the mantra of The Sunday Times when considering assignments for Brian Jackman, for whom deserts, rain forests and mountain ranges have always been more enticing habitats. After decades spent travelling and writing about the places and wildlife that have inspired him, one of the world’s most experienced naturalists has turned his focus onto the story of his inspirational life.
‘This is no ordinary autobiog…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784778361 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784778362 |
| Author: | Brian Jackman |
| Publisher: | Bradt Travel Guides |
| Imprint: | Bradt Travel Guides |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 5 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature) |
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Critics Review
Evocative, personal and authoritative, with terrific pace and narrative flow - everything a reader could ask for. Jackman at his very finest.Richard Girling, author and environmental journalist
“Evocative, personal and authoritative, with terrific pace and narrative flow - everything a reader could ask for. Jackman at his very finest.“Richard Girling, author and environmental journalist”There is love on every page. I was borne along with it on a warm current of beautiful writing.“Peter Hughes”A beautifully written book”.Tony Fitzjohn
Brian Jackman
Brian Jackman is an award-winning journalist and author, a pioneer of ecotourism best known as Britain’s foremost writer on African wildlife safaris. Having survived the Blitz and two years as an evacuee in WW2 he worked his way from Fleet Street messenger boy to The Sunday Times. There he spent 20 years travelling the world before leaving to freelance from home in his beloved Dorset, and despite his burning passion for Africa he still returns every year to Cornwall, where his love for the natural world first began in the 1930s.
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