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Written by James Herriot - Audio book performed by Christopher Timothy (plays Herriot in the popular BBC series) - Unabridged Nonfiction - 12 CASSETTES - 11.5 hours

Publisher, Audio Renaissance (November 1996)

The fourth volume of James Herriot’s bestselling series of animal stories now available in unabridged CD format for the first time.

"A classic of its kind…'miraculous' is not too strong a word!" --Chicago Times Book World

"Warm, joyous, often hilarious... shines with love of life." --The New York Times Book Review

"This is Herriot at his best. . . able to make us laugh, cry or nod in agreement with some snippet of universal truth." --The Washington Post

"Herriot is a spellbinder as a storyteller." --The Seattle Times

"James Herriot is a pied piper with the written word. He eases his readers into loving, liking and laughing at familiar characters, animal and human." --The Los Angeles Times

"A master storyteller with flawless timing." --The Houston Post

"Herriot's book just explodes with the joy of living and loving and caring." --The Columbus Dispatch

"The warm of Herriot's prose approaches poetic. . . . a master storyteller." --Knight-Ridder Newspapers

"A triumph in the art of storytelling, as delightful and refreshing to the mind's eye and heart as a field of bright-eyed daisies." --Fort Worth Star-Telegram

James and Helen now have two growing children, Jimmy and Rosie, who bring a new kind of adventure into James's life. The Herriots live at Skeldale House on the edge of the Yorkshire dales, whose peace, solitude and feel of the wild make the countryside both thrilling and comforting at the same time.

It is the 1950s, a time of new advances in veterinary medicine, but the hard-working people of Yorkshire have not changed. That included James's dear old friends Siegfried and Tristan -- neither of whom had lost his great good humor. We also meet new friends, as James travels behind the Iron Curtain and learns about a world very different from his own. As always, his wonder, his exhilaration, his affection glow in every word, whether he is talking about the glories of the moors and dales, or the fascination of the people.

About the Author: James Herriot lived with his wife and family in Yorkshire, England, where his son has now taken over his veterinary practice. Among Herriot’s international bestsellers are All Creatures Great and Small and The Lord God Made Them All. He died in February 1995.

About the Performer: Christopher Timothy starred as James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small, the internationally renowned BBC television series based on Herriot’s work. Mr. Timothy is a thirty-year veteran of stage, screen, and television.