{"product_id":"a-shepherds-life-impressions-of-the-south-wiltshire-downs-paperback-9781108025348","title":"A Shepherd's Life; Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108025348","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Shepherd's Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eImpressions of the South Wiltshire Downs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA lyrical evocation of the Wiltshire countryside in the nineteenth century, written by acclaimed naturalist William Henry Hudson in 1910.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Henry Hudson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108025348, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 January 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e378 pages, 64 b\/w illus.  1 colour illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWilliam Henry Hudson (1841–1922) was an Argentinian-born American naturalist and author, who moved to England in 1874, and became known for his writings on natural history, both Argentine and English, and for his work with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. He travelled the country, observing wildlife and rural life in general, and won high praise both for his work as a naturalist and for his literary style. A Shepherd's Life, published in 1910, contains his impressions of the Wiltshire Downs - the people, places, wildlife and history - which are enhanced by numerous line-drawings. The central character of the book, Caleb Bawcombe, an elderly shepherd, is fictitious, but clearly based on real people Hudson had talked to in Wiltshire, and the overall picture is of continuing closeness to nature, despite enormous changes in agricultural practice, in rural societies at the end of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Salisbury Plain\u003cbr\u003e 2. Salisbury as I see it\u003cbr\u003e 3. Winterbourne Bishop\u003cbr\u003e 4. A shepherd of the Downs\u003cbr\u003e 5. Early memories\u003cbr\u003e 6. Shepherd Isaac Bawcombe\u003cbr\u003e 7. The deer-stealers\u003cbr\u003e 8. Shepherds and poaching\u003cbr\u003e 9. A shepherd on foxes\u003cbr\u003e 10. Bird-life on the Downs\u003cbr\u003e 11. Starlings and sheep-bells\u003cbr\u003e 12. The shepherd and the Bible\u003cbr\u003e 13. Vale of the Wylye\u003cbr\u003e 14. A sheep-dog's life\u003cbr\u003e 15. Concerning cats\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Ellerbys of Doveton\u003cbr\u003e 17. Old Wiltshire days\u003cbr\u003e 18. Old Wiltshire days continued\u003cbr\u003e 19. The shepherd's return\u003cbr\u003e 20. Dark people of the village\u003cbr\u003e 21. Some sheep-dogs\u003cbr\u003e 22. The shepherd as naturalist\u003cbr\u003e 23. The master of the village\u003cbr\u003e 24. Isaac's children\u003cbr\u003e 25. Living in the past\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265969606936,"sku":"9781108025348","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108025348i_6621fcbf-1dac-4907-a957-ef022934de54.jpg?v=1694873358","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-shepherds-life-impressions-of-the-south-wiltshire-downs-paperback-9781108025348","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}