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“gavin maxwell”

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  • Ring of Bright Water

    A Trilogy

    by Gavin Maxwell ...
    This classic memoir of otters in the Scottish Highlands and the naturalist who cared for them is "one of the outstanding wildlife books of all time" ( New York Herald Tribune).While touring the Iraqi marshes, Gavin Maxwell was captivated by an otter and became a devoted advocate of and spokesman for the species. Maxwell moved to a remote house in the Scottish Highlands, co-habiting there with ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Harpoon at a Venture

    by Gavin Maxwell ...
    In this memoir, the Scottish naturalist and author of Ring of Bright Water recounts his post-World War II life as a shark fisherman in the Hebrides.A shark fishery based on the tiny Hebridean island of Soay was the beginning of Gavin Maxwell's enduring love affair with the west coast of Scotland. This, his first book, tells the whole story—the challenge and drama of the shark hunt, the development ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Reed Shaken by the Wind

    Travels among the Marsh Arabs of Iraq

    by Gavin Maxwell ...
    The Marsh Arabs were one of the most isolated communities in the world. Few outsiders, let alone Europeans, had been permitted to travel through their homeland, a mass of tiny islands lost in a wilderness of reeds and swamps in southern Iraq. One of the few trusted outsiders was the legendary explorer Wilfred Thesiger, who was Gavin Maxwell's guide to the intricate landscape, tribal customs and ... Read more

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