Weight | 0.410 kg |
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Dimensions | 216 × 162 × 23 mm |
ISBN | 9781908213006 |
Cover | Paperback |
Publication Year | 2010 |
Publisher | Little Toller Books |
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Wild Life in a Southern County
Immersed in the detail of this ancient landscape, its people and the habitats of its wildlife, what emerges from Jefferies’ dazzling prose is his sense of perpetual wonder and the deep affection he felt for his homeland, from the clatter of a milkmaid’s boots to a pike lying in ambush.
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