A Year with Gilbert White: The First Great Nature Writer

A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES (UK), THE SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, AND NEW STATESMAN

From one of the most inquiring and celebrated biographers, a glimpse into the life and mind of a pioneering naturalist.

In 1781, Gilbert White was a country curate living in the Hampshire village he had known all his life. Fascinated by the fauna, flora, and people around him, he had kept journals for many years and was halfway to completing his pathbreaking work The Natural History of Selborne....