James Herriot, a pseudonym for James Alfred Wight, grew up in Glasgow and qualified as a veterinary surgeon at Glasgow Veterinary College. Shortly afterwards he took up a position as an assistant in a North Yorkshire practice where he remained, with the exception of his wartime service in the RAF, until his death in 1995. He wrote many books about Yorkshire country life, including some for children, but he is best known for his memoirs, which begin with If Only They Could Talk. The books were televised in the enormously popular series All Creatures Great and Small.
Warmherzig und humorvoll, mit nie versiegendem Staunen vor dem immer wieder neuen Wunder des Lebens erzählt James Herriot in diesen amüsanten Erinnerungen von der Tierarztpraxis in der wilden, einsamen Landschaft der Yorkshire Dales und den großen und kleinen Erlebnissen, die den Alltag eines Tierarztes ausmachen.
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