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Charles Waterton was the first conservationist who fought to protect wild nature against the destruction and pollution of Victorian industrialisation. During his lifetime he was famous for his eccentricities, but also for his achievements and his opinions. A Yorkshire landowner, he turned his park into a sanctuary for animals and birds. As an explorer he learned to survive in the tropical rain forests of South America without a gun or the society of other white men. He was an authority on the poisons used by South American Indians and a taxidermist of note. The huge public that read his books included Dickens, Darwin and Roosevelt. Since his death the memory of Waterton's personal eccenticities has flourished, while the originality of his ideas and work has often suffered. Using his surviving papers, Julia Blackburn has redressed the balance in a biogr aphy that restores Waterton to his place as the first conservationist of the modern age.

Length: 256 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English

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Julia Blackburn is an astute and gifted biographer...Her style is economical, and where appropriate graceful; always lucid, sometimes poetic, never gushing...Her book will intrigue and enthral ― Spectator --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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Julia Blackburn is the author of Charles Waterton, The Emperor's Last Island, Daisy Bates in the Desert, which was shortlisted for the Waterstones/Esquire Non-Fiction Award., The Book of Colour, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and, most recently, The Leper's Companions, also shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She lives in Suffolk --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN : B00B2N5GTE
Publisher : Vintage Digital; New Ed edition (31 March 2013)
Language : English
File size : 2128 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 256 pages

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Artiefaktz

Great read about an an astounding man.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 February 2020

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Imagine a tale involving Indiana Jones, Charles Darwin, Crocodile Dundee, Erin Brockovich, Ferris Bueller, Alain Robert, Heathcliff, Thomas More...
To think that such a tale could be a true story would be surreal. That the characters mighty all be rolled into one man would be incredible. But, astonishingly, Charles Waterton had the soul of all of the above. His biography is absolutely fascinating in many different contexts. If you like a meandering tale in flowery prose then perhaps Richard Aldington’s version is for you. Unfortunately, his is often rambling and aimless and occasionally the narrative is coloured by the prejudices of his era. Julia Blackburn’s version is the definitive version without a doubt. It is insightful, objective, contemporary, and thoroughly researched. A little slow to start, perhaps, but necessarily to form a solid base for the story. Once the adventure gets traction it is utterly captivating. This story could make a blockbuster epic movie and Julia Blackburn’s chronicle would be the perfect basis. So if you’re still looking for a climax to your career, Mr. Spielberg..!

Ampara Matley

Darwin greatly respected this scholar-naturalist, who may have been the first conservationist.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 July 2016

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The original Yorkshire gentleman-naturalist, & charmingly eccentric proto-ecologist. What an absolute original -- strangely ahead of his time in founding his own nature preserve.

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K. Medley

Wonderful book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 October 2013

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Having watched and listened to David Attenborough on 9th March 2013 speaking of his admiration for Waterton at the opening of the new Wakefield Museum an interest in learning more about Waterton was ignited within me......I was not disappointed and am truly intrigued by the story of this amazing man. Proud to be from Wakefield!

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Paula Alston

The amazing explorer

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2015

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A fascinating and absorbing view into the life of someone who could have been another Charles Darwin but constrained probably because of Catholic perceptions of the time

Mrs. B. Claughton

Fascinating

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 May 2013

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Although a used book it is wonderful condition. I am enjoying it as he is an ancestor of one of my relatives

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