All Creatures Great and Small

The first volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC television series of the same nameTo the young James Herriot, fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, 1930s Yorkshire seems to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But, as he faces challenges ranging from his erratic new colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, to incomprehensible farmers, herds of semi-feral cattle, a pig called Nugent and an overweight Pekingese called Tricki Woo, James finds he is on a learning curve as steep as the hills around him. And when he meets Helen, the beautiful daughter of a local farmer, all the training and experience in the world can't help him . . . Since they were first published, James Herriot's memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal-lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Creatures Great and Small is a heartwarming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain's best-loved authors.Contains If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet