Description
The Lake District is one of our busiest national parks. Many people believe that wildness is long gone from the fells, lakes, tarns and becks, yet, within its boundaries, Jim Crumley sets out to prove them wrong - to find "a new way of seeing and writing about this most seen and written about of landscapes". With a naturalist's eye and a poet's instinct he is drawn to Lakeland's turned-aside places where nature still thrives, from low-lying shores to a high mountain oakwood that's not even on the map. Through backwaters and backwoods, Crumley traces this captivating land's place in the evolution of global conservation and pleads the case for a far-reaching reappraisal of all of Lakeland's wildness.
From the author of the highly acclaimed Seasons tetralogy, nominated for several awards including the Wainwright Prize, and acknowledged amongst the top UK nature writers; the much-loved Lake District is the jewel in our scenery crown, yet few serious nature writers have turned their attention here; perhaps none with such a focused eye; a new way of seeing one of the UK's most 'seen' landscapes.
About the Author
Jim Crumley is an ardent advocate for our landscapes and animals, and the reintroduction of species like sea eagles, beavers and wolves. He is a nature writer, journalist and poet with decades of field observation and some 30 books to his name. He has won and been shortlisted for a number of prestigious awards. The sheer beauty of his description - in, for example, the Encounters in the Wild series of gift books which describe close and personal moments observing Britain's favourite animals - has found him many dedicated readers.
Reviews
Praise for Previous work: Richard Jefferies Society & White Horse Bookshop Literary Prize for nature writing: SHORTLISTED; Saltire Society award: SHORTLISTED "A delightful meditation." Stephen Moss, Books of the Year, Guardian; "Nature writing is like trying to catch birds with cobwebs. Crumley's just has a higher tensile strength than most." Herald; "Enthralling and often strident." Observer
Book Information
ISBN 9781913393212
Author Jim Crumley
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Saraband
Publisher Saraband
From the author of the highly acclaimed Seasons tetralogy, nominated for several awards including the Wainwright Prize, and acknowledged amongst the top UK nature writers; the much-loved Lake District is the jewel in our scenery crown, yet few serious nature writers have turned their attention here; perhaps none with such a focused eye; a new way of seeing one of the UK's most 'seen' landscapes.
About the Author
Jim Crumley is an ardent advocate for our landscapes and animals, and the reintroduction of species like sea eagles, beavers and wolves. He is a nature writer, journalist and poet with decades of field observation and some 30 books to his name. He has won and been shortlisted for a number of prestigious awards. The sheer beauty of his description - in, for example, the Encounters in the Wild series of gift books which describe close and personal moments observing Britain's favourite animals - has found him many dedicated readers.
Reviews
Praise for Previous work: Richard Jefferies Society & White Horse Bookshop Literary Prize for nature writing: SHORTLISTED; Saltire Society award: SHORTLISTED "A delightful meditation." Stephen Moss, Books of the Year, Guardian; "Nature writing is like trying to catch birds with cobwebs. Crumley's just has a higher tensile strength than most." Herald; "Enthralling and often strident." Observer
Book Information
ISBN 9781913393212
Author Jim Crumley
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Saraband
Publisher Saraband
