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Something Out There
Jim Crumley
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'Like many a Highland glen, the Fathan Ghlinne should be wooded but isn't. But I have sat long and often and listened to the ancient river speech, to the windsong of three birches and a rowan, the rowan above a meeting of waterfalls which should be a portentous place. And the word on the wind and in the speech of the river is that the trees and wolves and the people will be back.' Thus Jim Crumley concludes this remarkable book of nature writing. The setting is largely Highland Perthshire (there are startling asides to Mull and Alaska), the author's ... Read more
'Like many a Highland glen, the Fathan Ghlinne should be wooded but isn't. But I have sat long and often and listened to the ancient river speech, to the windsong of three birches and a rowan, the rowan above a meeting of waterfalls which should be a portentous place. And the word on the wind and in the speech of the river is that the trees and wolves and the people will be back.' Thus Jim Crumley concludes this remarkable book of nature writing. The setting is largely Highland Perthshire (there are startling asides to Mull and Alaska), the author's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Whittles Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Caithness, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781870325042
SKU
V9781870325042
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About Jim Crumley
Jim Crumley is a nature writer with almost 20 books to his name, mostly on the landscape and wildlife of Scotland. He is renowned for his style: passionate, inspiring, visionary, sensitive, moody, majestic...no work of his should be missed. He is also a columnist and presenter of radio programmes.
Reviews for Something Out There
'...Jim Crumley, the best nature writer now working in Great Britain...' David Craig in the Los Angeles Times Book Review