Description: Last Wild Place : Seasons in the Wilderness, Paperback by Tomkies, Mike; Crumley, Jim (INT), ISBN 1780277032, ISBN-13 9781780277035, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US When Mike Tomkies moved to a remote cottage on the shores of Loch Shiel in the West Highlands of Scotland, he found a place which was to provide him with the most profound wilderness experience of his life. Accessible only by boat, the cottage he renamed 'Wildernesse’ was to be his home for many years, which he shared with his beloved German Shepherd, on different landscape elements – loch, woodlands and mountains –Tomkies describes the whole cycle of nature through the seasons in a harsh and testing environment of unrivalled beauty. Vivid colours and sounds fill the pages – exotic wild orchids, the roar of rutting stags, the territorial movements of foxes, otters and badgers, an oak tree being torn apart by hurricane-force gales. Nothing escapes his penetrating extraordinary insights into the wildlife that shared his otherwise empty territory were not gained without perseverance in the face of perilous hazards, and the difficulties and challenges of life in the wilderness are a key part of this remarkabl.
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Book Title: Last Wild Place : Seasons in the Wilderness
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Birlinn, The Limited
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Plants / General, Animals / Wildlife, Essays & Travelogues, Life Sciences / Biology
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Travel, Science
Item Weight: 11.3 Oz
Item Length: 7.7 in
Author: Mike Tomkies
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
