Overview
It is just after World War II, and James has returned from the R.A.F. to do battle with the diseases and injuries that befall the farm animals and pets of Skeldale and the surrounding moors. Four-year-old Jimmy Herriot, Humphrey Cobb and his little beagle Myrtle, Norman the book-loving veterinary assistant, and many more new faces join old favorites among the green hills of Yorkshire, as James takes an unforgettable voyage to Russia on a freighter with 383 pedigreed sheep. Touching our hearts with laughter and wisdom, lifting our spirits with compassion and goodness, James Herriot never fails to delight.The concluding volume of the series of tales that made James Herriot the world's most beloved veterinarian. The sequel to All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful, and All Things Wise and Wonderful.
Synopsis
It is just after World War II, and James has returned from the R.A.F. to do battle with the diseases and injuries that befall the farm animals and pets of Skeldale and the surrounding moors. Four-year-old Jimmy Herriot, Humphrey Cobb and his little beagle Myrtle, Norman the book-loving veterinary assistant, and many more new faces join old favorites among the green hills of Yorkshire, as James takes an unforgettable voyage to Russia on a freighter with 383 pedigreed sheep. Touching our hearts with laughter and wisdom, lifting our spirits with compassion and goodness, James Herriot never fails to delight.
LA Times
James Herriot is a pied piper with the written word. He eases his reader into loving, liking, and laughing at familiar characters, animal and human.
Editorials
Washington Post
This is Herriot at his best...able to make us laugh, cry or nod in agreement with some snippet of universal truth.LA Times
James Herriot is a pied piper with the written word. He eases his reader into loving, liking, and laughing at familiar characters, animal and human.Fort Worth Star-Telegram Staff Writers
"A triumph in the art of storytelling as delightful and refreshing to the mind's eye and hearts as a field of bright-eyed daisies."From the Publisher
"This is Herriot at his best...able to make us laugh, cry or nod in agreement with some snippet of universal truth." —The Washington Post"A triumph in the art of storytelling, as delightful and refreshing to the mind's eye and heart as a field of bright-eyed daisies." —Fort Worth Star-Telegram