The Books of James Herriot

 

All Creatures Great and Small
by James Herriot
(Mass Market Paperback)

All Things Wise and Wonderful/the Lord God Made Them All
by James Herriot
(Hardcover)

The Best of James Herriot: Favourite Memories of a Country Vet
by James Herriot
Book Description: The Best of James Herriot is one of the most extraordinary volumes ever devoted to the work and world of a contemporary writer. Within its covers are unforgettable episodes from the remarkable series of memoirs that began with All Creatures Great and Small-"the ones my family and I have laughed at over the years and the ones my readers have said they most enjoyed," as Herriot, himself, put it. Yet the book is far more than a simple anthology: Its gorgeous pages also include hundreds of line drawings and color photographs, capturing Herriot's Yorkshire in a worthy complement to the writer's words.

The 1991 publication of Every Living Thing, rendered the original edition of this book incomplete. This fall will mark the publication of the complete, definitive edition with the addition of five of his best, more recent stories, as well as new art. Once again The Best of James Herriot becomes the quintessential Herriot volume-one of those invaluable books that will be loved as much in decades to come as it is today.
(Hardcover)

Bonny's Big Day
by James Herriot, Ruth Brown (Illustrator)
(Paperback - October 1991)

Every Living Thing
by James Herriot
(Mass Market Paperback)

James Herriot's Dog Stories
by James Herriot
(Mass Market Paperback - August 1993)

Oscar, Cat-About-Town
by James Herriot, Ruth Brown (Illustrator)
(Paperback - May 1993)

Only One Woof
by James Herriot, et al
(Paperback - May 1993)

James Herriot: The Life of a Country Vet
by Graham Lord
(Paperback)

Moses the Kitten
by James Herriot, Peter Barrett (Illustrator)
(Paperback - October 1991)

James Herriot's Cat Stories
by James Herriot, Lesley Holmes (Illustrator)
(Hardcover)

James Herriot's Treasury for Children
by James Herriot, et al
(Hardcover - October 1992)
 

The Real James Herriot : A Memoir of My Father by James Wight The name Alf Wight may not ring too many bells, but as James Herriot--the author who brought the British countryside into millions of homes--Wight certainly made an impressive mark. He grew up in Glasgow and enjoyed a boisterous childhood before deciding to embark on many years of training at the Glasgow Veterinary College. Wight finally qualified as a vet in 1939 and moved to the Yorkshire town of Thirsk to accept a position as assistant to Dr. Donald Sinclair--the man known to millions of readers as Siegfried Farnan. The story of the young vet travelling to Thirsk (a.k.a. Darrowby) was immortalized in Herriot's bestselling books. But The Real James Herriot, Jim Wight's affectionate biography of his father, tells the story of the man behind the nom de plume, who worked in the same practice for over 50 years and was relatively untouched and unimpressed by his fame as an author. Wight the younger (who followed in his father's footsteps and later joined the practice in Thirsk), is undoubtedly the best person to reveal the depths of a man whose public persona was as respected and trusted as the real man who tended to animals in and around the small Yorkshire village where he lived until the day he died. Written with a tenderness that does nothing to detract from the honesty of the book, The Real James Herriot is a fitting, poignant, and often gently humorous portrait of a man who brought so much pleasure through his writing while remaining consistently faithful to the profession that was, ultimately, his first and last love. --Susan Harrison, Amazon.co.uk  Paperback from Ballantine Books