All Things Herriot: James Herriot and His Peaceable Kingdom

by Sanford Sternlicht (Author)

• Used

  Illustrated
  1999

  $3.40

  A dissection of the five memoirs of James Herriot, beginning with All Creatures Great and Small . It provides a comprehensive catalogue of the plots and themes, along with observations. It examines why Herriot was so successful and seeks to be enlightening and encouraging for budding writers struggling to get published. Sternlicht is not writing from across the water with no knowledge of Yorkshire or its people: he was appointed Leverhulme Visiting Fellow at the University of York in 1965.

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  Hardcover
  1995

  $8.25

  This work is partly a biography of the famous writer of veterinary tales, and partly a literary and cultural study. The author examines Herriot's life and career in the context of the social, cultural and historical fabric of the first half of the 20th century.