The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White Paperback Book

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A collection of Gilbert White's letters to the explorer and naturalist Daines Barrington and the eminent zoologist Thomas Pennant - White's intellectual lifelines from his country-village home. This title presents an evocation of the lives of the flora and fauna of eighteenth-century England.

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In his introduction Richard Mabey discusses the popularity of The Natural History of Selborne and Gilbert White's life and writingMore than any other writer Gilbert White (1720-93) has shaped the relationship between man and nature. A hundred years before Darwin, White realised the crucial role of worms in the formation of soil and understood the significance of territory and song in birds. His precise, scrupulously honest and unaffectedly witty observations led him to interpret animals' behaviour in a unique manner. This collection of his letters to the explorer and naturalist Daines Barrington and the eminent zoologist Thomas Pennant - White's intellectual lifelines from his country-village home - are a beautifully written, detailed evocation of the lives of the flora and fauna of eighteenth-century England.

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Edited with an introduction by Richard Mabey

Details ISBN0140431128 Pages 320 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 1977 ISBN-10 0140431128 ISBN-13 9780140431124 Format Paperback Publication Date 1977-05-26 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Richard Mabey DEWEY 508.42274 Illustrations notes, maps, bibliography Birth 1941 Death 1793 Author Richard Mabey Media Book Edition 1st Imprint Penguin Classics Series English Library DOI 10.1604/9780140431124 UK Release Date 1977-05-26 Alternative 9780141905198 Audience General NZ Release Date 1977-05-25 AU Release Date 1977-05-25 We've got this

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