This study examines James Herriot's five major books as carefully crafted volumes of autobiography based on the building block of the short story. In each of these works Herriot explores the fundamental choice of values underlying a happy and successful life. In his vision the bonds of affection and mutual dependence between all creatures, human and animal, form an enduring theme that lies at the heart of the choices he makes in his personal and professional life. This study will help the reader to understand the relationship between Herriot's stories and each book as a whole and to...
This study examines James Herriot's five major books as carefully crafted volumes of autobiography based on the building block of the short story. ...
Strapped into the cockpit of a Tiger Moth trainer, James Herriot feels rather out of place, but he hasn't found a new profession and it surely won't be long before the RAF come round to his point of view. This volume of memoirs sees him longing to rejoin h
Strapped into the cockpit of a Tiger Moth trainer, James Herriot feels rather out of place, but he hasn't found a new profession and it surely won't b...
A few months of married bliss, a lovers' nest in Darrowby and the wonders of home cooking are rudely interrupted for James Herriot by the Second World War. This fifth volume of memoirs locates him in a training camp somewhere in England. And in between squ
A few months of married bliss, a lovers' nest in Darrowby and the wonders of home cooking are rudely interrupted for James Herriot by the Second World...
