A Shepherd's Life; Impressions Of The South Wiltshire Downs

William Henry Hudson (1841 - 1922)

Hudson wrote this classic work in 1910; it is admiringly mentioned by many other writers. It focuses on the memories of a head shepherd, Caleb Bawcombe, so it is concerned with the period of mid to late nineteenth century rural Wiltshire, a county in England. This pleasant engaging book contains rural wisdom, natural history, farming practices, human characters, and more - Summary by david wales

Genre(s): Travel & Geography

Language: English

Keyword(s): england (362), nineteenth century (50), Natural History (39), farming (31), animal husbandry (2), rural england (1), wiltshire (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Salisbury Plain David Wales
00:26:18
Play 02 Salisbury As I See It David Wales
00:29:49
Play 03 Winterborne Bishop David Wales
00:19:07
Play 04 A Shepherd Of The Downs David Wales
00:32:06
Play 05 Early Memories David Wales
00:12:36
Play 06 Shepherd Isaac Bawcombe David Wales
00:16:56
Play 07 The Deer-Stealers David Wales
00:14:08
Play 08 Shepherds And Poaching David Wales
00:17:35
Play 09 The Shepherd On Foxes David Wales
00:19:55
Play 10 Bird Life On The Downs David Wales
00:19:05
Play 11 Starlings And Sheep-Bells David Wales
00:16:31
Play 12 The Shepherd And The Bible David Wales
00:12:53
Play 13 Vale Of The Wylye David Wales
00:23:40
Play 14 A Sheep-Dog's Life David Wales
00:22:14
Play 15 The Ellerbys Of Doveton David Wales
00:15:23
Play 16 Old Wiltshire Days David Wales
00:23:05
Play 17 Old Wiltshire Days Continued David Wales
00:38:43
Play 18 The Shepherd's Return David Wales
00:15:43
Play 19 The Dark People Of The Village David Wales
00:33:55
Play 20 Some Sheep-Dogs David Wales
00:28:52
Play 21 The Shepherd As Naturalist David Wales
00:16:20
Play 22 The Master Of The Village David Wales
00:21:38
Play 23 Isaac's Children David Wales
00:23:24
Play 24 Living In The Past David Wales
00:23:34