A Last Wild Place" is the most famous of Mike Tomkies' books written about Wildernesse and his adventures. It has been a best seller ever since it was first published in 1984. The Duke of Edinburgh wrote in the "Good Book Guide: The North west of Scotland is indeed a wild place, but to the observant eye of the author it is full of wonderful life. This book does more than describe a piece of wild country and its population of wild animals: it gives a vivid picture of someone wholly absorbed by his subject."
Author:
Mike Tomkies
Number of Pages:
256
RRP:
out of print
Published Date:
May 1988
ISBN:
0330303635
Format
Paperback Hardback
Author
eeyore Knight Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: February 2006 Location: Chilterns Posts: 8110
Review Date: Thu 9, November, 2006
Would you recommend it? Yes |
Total Spent: £4.50| Rating: 10
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A fascinating look at the wildlife of the scottish highland, telling of one mans simple life in the back of beyond in scotland and his study of the wildlife that surrounds him. I found this book to be incredibly inspirational - while it may not be pratcical for us all to emulate tomkies in the same extremes we can all learn something here even if it it just to turn off the TV and watch the "bird table theatre" instead.
a must read for anyone interested in the UK's last wild place
------------------------------ "new improved eeyore , now with added tact..... for that whiter brighter finish"
