The first volume of the classic adventures and misadventures involving the young vet, James Herriot, in the Yorkshire Dales from 1937 onwards.

2005-07-12 A great place to start!

This is a good place to start if you are yet to read James Herriot. It is the one I read when I was a teenage schoolboy in New Zealand before I went to sleep at night. Now at the age of 43 and living in England, I am still returning to re-read Herriot's books from time to time. He takes the reader into a place and a life that strikes me as one I would love to be a part of. He offers the reader inciteful tales of humour, hardship, humanity and wisdom all set in the extraordinary landscape of rural North Yorkshire. I cannot think of a critical word to say about this author. James Herriot has left a legacy that will continue to bring joy, peace and incite to those who have the fortune to read him. Although not intended or regarded as works of high literature his books rest happily on my shelf alongside works by Marcus Aurelius, Thomas A Kempis, Norman Mailer and Earnest Hemingway. Many thanks Mr Herriot.