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Gilbert White The Natural History of Selborne (Paperback). Title: The Natural History of Selborne. A hundred years before Darwin, White realised the crucial role of worms in the formation of soil and understood the significance of territory and song in birds. Further DetailsTitle: The Natural History of Selborne Condition: New Author: Gilbert White Contributor: Richard Mabey (Edited by) Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0140431128 EAN: 9780140431124 ISBN: 9780140431124 Publisher: Penguin Classics Genre: Home Garden & Pets Topic: Literary Criticism Release Date: 05/26/1977 Description: More than any other writer Gilbert White (1720-93) has shaped the relationship between man and nature. A hundred years before Darwin, White realised the crucial role of worms in the formation of soil and understood the significance of territory and song in birds. His precise, scrupulously honest and unaffectedly witty observations led him to interpret animals' behaviour in a unique manner. This collection of his letters to the explorer and naturalist Daines Barrington and the eminent zoologist Thomas Pennant - White's intellectual lifelines from his country-village home - are a beautifully written, detailed evocation of the lives of the flora and fauna of eighteenth-century England. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Item Width: 14mm Item Weight: 223g Release Year: 1977 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
