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20%OFFFrank Fraser Darling - Island Years, Island Farm - 9781908213013 - V9781908213013
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Island Years, Island Farm

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Description for Island Years, Island Farm Paperback. Unhappily land-locked in his early adult life, the authors' fortunes changed when he began visiting Scotland's west coast in the 1930s. He made temporary homes with his family on some of the remotest Hebridean islands so he could study the habits of grey seals and seabirds. This book tells about his life on island. Series: Nature Classics Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BM; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 458.
Unhappily land-locked in his early adult life, Frank Fraser Darling's fortunes changed when he began visiting Scotland's west coast in the 1930s. Surviving treacherous boat journeys, a broken leg, and hell-bent storms, he made temporary homes with his family on some of the remotest Hebridean islands so he could study the habits of grey seals and seabirds. The family finally settled on an abandoned croft in the Summer Isles, on Tanera Mor, and started farming the barren land. They repaired a ruined herring fishery and its stone quay. They fertilised the ground with seaweed, cut peat for the fires, planted ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Little Toller Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Nature Classics Library
Condition
New
Weight
475g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Wimborne Minster, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908213013
SKU
V9781908213013
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