Far Away and Long Ago is a moving memoir of a vanished world, written by legendary naturalist and writer W. H. Hudson. Lyrical and poignant, Hudson’s reminiscences take us on a journey back in time to the lush and untamed landscape of his childhood in the Argentine pampas.
From his earliest memories of the vast and boundless wilderness that surrounded him to his encounters with the people who inhabited the land, Hudson paints a vivid portrait of the natural world, revealing the beauty and complexity of the creatures and landscapes that shaped his life and inspired his writing. Part coming-of-age tale, part love letter to the natural world, Far Away and Long Ago is a timeless classic that continues to charm readers more than a century after its initial publication.
This Warbler Classics edition includes a little-known letter that Hudson wrote expressing his thoughts about Henry David Thoreau and a detailed biographical timeline.
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Contents
Chapter 1 Earliest Memories
Chapter 2 My New Home
Chapter 3 Death of an Old Dog
Chapter 4 The Plantation
Chapter 5 Aspects of the Plain
Chapter 6 Some Bird Adventures
Chapter 7 My First Visit to Buenos Ayres
Chapter 8 The Tyrant’s Fall and What Followed
Chapter 9 Our Neighbours at the Poplars
Chapter 10 Our Nearest English Neighbour
Chapter 11 A Breeder of Piebalds
Chapter 12 The Head of a Decayed House
Chapter 13 A Patriarch of the Pampas
Chapter 14 The Dovecote
Chapter 15 Serpent and Child
Chapter 16 A Serpent Mystery
Chapter 17 A Boy’s Animism
Chapter 18 The New Schoolmaster
Chapter 19 Brothers
Chapter 20 Birding in the Marshes
Chapter 21 Wild-Fowling Adventures
Chapter 22 Boyhood’s End
Chapter 23 A Darkened Life
Chapter 24 Loss and Gain
Letter About Henry David Thoreau
Biographical Timeline
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William Henry Hudson (1841-1922) was a naturalist, ornithologist, and writer of He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to United States settlers of English and Irish descent and spent his youth in the countryside, where he developed a deep love and appreciation for nature. He moved to England in 1874 and became a prolific writer, producing over twenty books and countless articles on natural history, ornithology, and travel.