W. H Hudson

The narrator, "Smith", tells his story in the first person. A traveler and amateur naturalist, he regains consciousness "under a heap of earth and stones" and believes that he had been knocked unconscious in a fall – though his thoughts and recollections are confused. He is astounded to discover that he is entwined in the roots of plants, as though they have been growing around him. Extricating himself and surveying the scene,

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In his introduction, Hudson explains his book as a series of impressions and essays of bird life. The offerings range from impressions of birds in rural settings to the cruelty of wearing feathers as fashion in Britain. The descriptive section titles include "Birds in a Village," "Exotic Birds for Britain," and "In an Old Garden."

The title of this popular 1920 classic by the eminent naturalist refers to two locales that inspired him to seek out not only their scientific wonders but also the stories behind their tradition and lore. The first, "Dead Man's Plack," details the legend behind a memorial cross where Hudson went to explore the insect life and became immersed in investigating the murder story that occasioned it. The second, "The Hawthorn and the Ivy Near the Great...

William Henry Hudson (1841-1922), known in Argentina as Guillermo Enrique Hudson, was an Anglo-Argentine author, naturalist, and ornithologist.

Hudson was the son of Daniel Hudson and his wife Catherine (néee Kemble), United States settlers of English and Irish origin. He was born and lived his first years in a small estancia called "25 Ombues" in what is now Ingeniero Allan, Florencio Varela, Argentina.

Hudson spent his youth studying

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El Ombú later South American Sketches was written by William Henry Hudson in1902. William Henry Hudson was an author, naturalist, and ornithologist. Hudson was born in Quilmes, a few miles southeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was the son of Daniel Hudson and his wife Catherine (née Kemble), United States settlers of English and Irish origin. The tale revolves around an old man who recounts his life story and the encounters

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The novel tells the story of Richard Lamb, a young Englishman who marries a teenage Argentinian girl, Paquita, without asking her father's permission, and is forced to flee to Montevideo, Uruguay with his bride. Lamb leaves his young wife with a relative while he sets off for eastern Uruguay to find work for himself. He soon becomes embroiled in adventures with the Uruguayan gauchos and romances with local women. Lamb unknowingly helps a rebel guerrilla...

"A traveller in little things... which takes you into the villages and hamlets, where you meet and converse with small farmers... with other persons who live on the land." This is a stranger's astute description of W. H. Hudson during one of his rambles around England-his experiences charmingly captured in this travel narrative.

This charming travelogue from William Henry Hudson, expert birdwatcher and renowned chronicler of English country life, gives readers unparalleled access to the quaint rhythms of village existence at the turn of the twentieth century. These essays and observations will please readers who have a love for English culture and the great outdoors. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp....