The running hare
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Traditional ploughland is disappearing. The corncrake is all but extinct in England. And the hare is running for its life. This book tells the story of the wild animals and plants that live in and under our ploughland, from microbes to the patrolling kestrel above the corn, from the linnet to seven-spot ladybirds that eat aphids that eat the crop.
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'BRITAIN'S FINEST LIVING NATURE WRITER' - THE TIMES
The Sunday Times Bestseller - SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2017
Traditional ploughland is disappearing. Seven cornfield flowers have become extinct in the last twenty years. Once abundant, the corn bunting and the lapwing are on the Red List. The corncrake is all but extinct in England. And the hare is running for its life.
Written in exquisite prose, The Running Hare tells the story of the wild animals and plants that live in and under our ploughland, from the labouring microbes to the patrolling kestrel above the corn, from the linnet pecking at seeds to the seven-spot ladybird that eats the aphids that eat the crop. It recalls an era before open-roofed factories and silent, empty fields, recording the ongoing destruction of the unique, fragile, glorious ploughland that exists just down the village lane.
But it is also the story of ploughland through the eyes of man who took on a field and husbanded it in a natural, traditional way, restoring its fertility and wildlife, bringing back the old farmland flowers and animals. John Lewis Stempel demonstrates that it is still possible to create a place where the hare can rest safe.
Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society White Horse Bookshop Prize 2016. John Lewis-Stempel was winner of the Thwaites Wainwright Prize 2015 for MEADOWLAND.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 20 april 2017
Aantal pagina's: 304
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: John Lewis-Stempel
Hoofduitgeverij: Black Swan
Product breedte: 127 mm
Product hoogte: 24 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 127 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 25 mm
Verpakking lengte: 194 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 242 g
EAN: 9781784160746