A William Condry Reader - Couverture rigide

Gomer

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1848518838 ISBN 13 : 9781848518834

Editeur : Gomer Press, 2015

Synopsis

Brought together by friend and fellow nature writer, Jim Perrin, A William Condry Reader, is a rich collection of the world-famous naturalist and distinguished nature writer, William Condry's work. Renowned for his 'Country Diary', published in The Guardian for over forty years, Condry's passion and concern for conservation is infectious. He was also an enthusiastic ornithologist and the landscape and wildlife of mid-Wales inspired much of his writings. " - a man who was surely one of the Twentieth Century's very greatest amateur naturalists - " Jim Perrin, The Condry Lecture 2010.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jim Perrin is an award-winning mountaineering, travel and outdoor writer, a one-time Welsh shepherd an accomplished rock-climber and a regular contributor to the Guardian's Country Diary. As a writer he has made regular contributions to a number of newspapers and climbing magazines. As a climber he has developed many new routes, and made solo and free assents of great difficulty. Among his books are River Map (Gomer Press), Travels with the Flea and Mirrors in the Cliffs. His travels on a Harley, across the USA were published in the Daily Telegraph under the title High on the Hog. He has appeared at many festivals (e.g. Hay & Edinburgh) and is the recipient of a number of awards e.g. Boardman Tasker Prize, Wales Tourist Board Wales in Print Award 2002, VisitAmerica Travel Writer of the Year, 2000. William Moreton Condry, or Bill Condry as he was often known, was described by The Daily Telegraph in a tribute in 1998 as "one of the finest British writers on natural history in the 20th century". Although he did not have any academic training in natural history, his knowledge of his subject matter was all self-taught. He became one of the most eminent of naturalists and writers in Britain, as well as one of the father figures of conservation. His contribution to the pioneering days of nature conservation in Wales was enormous - he served on the Wales Committee of the Nature Conservancy for a period in the 1960s and also pressed for the safeguarding of important sites such as the National Nature Reserves and was one of the first to raise the plight of the red kite. He wrote many guides and nature books and Heart of the Country was published by Gomer Press in 2003.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Gomer Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848518838
• ISBN 13: 9781848518834
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Éditeur: Perrin Jim
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible