Harriot wrote of love: Love for those without a voice, our animal friends. Love as well for the people that love them and the mutually beneficial relationships between man and beast in all their beauty. Lastly, love for Yorkshire and the now almost vanished mid 20th century way of life there.
James Herriot was a Scotsman who qualified as a veterinarian before WWII, served in the Royal Air Force during the war and was a country vet with all the cold and muddy farm births and deaths that that entailed for over forty years. During this time he wrote some of the great stories for animal lovers starting with All Creatures Great and Small and continuing with several other titles until his death. These are must-reads for anyone who has a pet or loves animals, guaranteed to make you smile and when you read one you are advised to have tissues at hand.
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