Song Of The Rolling Earth
A Highland Odyssey
$39.08
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
5 July 2004
Summary
Conservationist and naturalist John Lister-Kaye, founder of the Aigas Field Centre, writes about his life in the glens, the wildlife that surrounds him and the primeval magical exchange that takes place between man and nature once so central to ancient civilisations. He describes finding the ruined nineteenth-century estate that is to become Aigas, taking it over and turning it into a going concern as an Educational Centre, and his own personal motivation, following the Torrey Canyon oil spil…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349117614 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349117616 |
| Author: | Sir John Lister-Kaye, John Lister-Kaye |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 5 July 2004 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 131mm x 22mm |
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Lister-Kaye establishes himself as one of the finest nature writers in the language
Deeply personal and perceptive…a wonderfully lyrical book surging with the sheer joy of nature, from Scotland’s premier nature writer - Magnus Magnusson
A personal, finely poetic book, an odyssey of people, places and wild things. - Christopher Smout, Historiographer Royal in ScotlandLister-Kaye establishes himself as one of the finest nature writers in the language - SCOTSMANAn environmental classic - SPECTATORAbout The Author
Sir John Lister-Kaye
Born in 1946, John Lister-Kaye worked with celebrated author Gavin Maxwell on a tiny Hebridean wildlife sanctuary and in 1977 opened the Aigas Field Centre, the first privately owned field studies centre in Britain.
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