Far Away and Long Ago


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(4.3 stars; 8 reviews)

William Henry Hudson was an author, naturalist and ornithologist. Hudson was born of U.S. parents living in the Quilmes Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, where he spent his youth studying the local flora and fauna and observing both natural and human dramas on what was then a lawless frontier. 'Far Away and Long Ago' is a classic memoir of a boy, fascinated by nature, on the Pampas in the 19th century. (9 hr 34 min)

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Earliest memories 27:59 Gelesen von hefyd
My new home 22:25 Gelesen von Jenilee
Death of an old dog 58:53 Gelesen von Steven Rushing
The plantation 32:03 Gelesen von Lizzie Driver
Aspects of the plain 24:16 Gelesen von hefyd
Some bird adventures 24:28 Gelesen von J. M. Smallheer
My first visit to Buenos Aires 23:46 Gelesen von Marian Brown
The tyrant's fall and what followed 44:27 Gelesen von hefyd
Our neighbours at The Poplars 22:08 Gelesen von stepheather
Our nearest English neighbour 18:47 Gelesen von Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
A breeder of piebalds 13:30 Gelesen von Christine Blachford
The head of a decayed house 21:09 Gelesen von Marian Brown
A patriarch of the Pampas 11:51 Gelesen von Christine Blachford
The dovecote 19:06 Gelesen von Christine Blachford
Serpent and child 16:54 Gelesen von Gary Gilberd
A serpent mystery 17:24 Gelesen von Gary Gilberd
A boy's animism 21:33 Gelesen von Gary Gilberd
The new schoolmaster 16:42 Gelesen von stepheather
Brothers 21:23 Gelesen von hefyd
Birding in the marshes 15:38 Gelesen von J. M. Smallheer
Wild-fowling adventures 17:09 Gelesen von Christine Blachford
Boyhood's end 27:57 Gelesen von hefyd
A darkened life 19:05 Gelesen von hefyd
Loss and gain 35:40 Gelesen von hefyd

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(2.5 stars)

Book is good but strong female American accent spoils everything! English readers please! And DO NOT RUSH THE READING!