Far Away and Long Ago
William Henry Hudson
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William Henry Hudson was an author, naturalist and ornithologist. Hudson was born of U.S. parents living in the Quilmes Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, where he spent his youth studying the local flora and fauna and observing both natural and human dramas on what was then a lawless frontier. 'Far Away and Long Ago' is a classic memoir of a boy, fascinated by nature, on the Pampas in the 19th century. (9 hr 34 min)
Chapitres
| Earliest memories | 27:59 | Lu par hefyd |
| My new home | 22:25 | Lu par Jenilee |
| Death of an old dog | 58:53 | Lu par Steven Rushing |
| The plantation | 32:03 | Lu par Lizzie Driver |
| Aspects of the plain | 24:16 | Lu par hefyd |
| Some bird adventures | 24:28 | Lu par J. M. Smallheer |
| My first visit to Buenos Aires | 23:46 | Lu par Marian Brown |
| The tyrant's fall and what followed | 44:27 | Lu par hefyd |
| Our neighbours at The Poplars | 22:08 | Lu par stepheather |
| Our nearest English neighbour | 18:47 | Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014) |
| A breeder of piebalds | 13:30 | Lu par Christine Blachford |
| The head of a decayed house | 21:09 | Lu par Marian Brown |
| A patriarch of the Pampas | 11:51 | Lu par Christine Blachford |
| The dovecote | 19:06 | Lu par Christine Blachford |
| Serpent and child | 16:54 | Lu par Gary Gilberd |
| A serpent mystery | 17:24 | Lu par Gary Gilberd |
| A boy's animism | 21:33 | Lu par Gary Gilberd |
| The new schoolmaster | 16:42 | Lu par stepheather |
| Brothers | 21:23 | Lu par hefyd |
| Birding in the marshes | 15:38 | Lu par J. M. Smallheer |
| Wild-fowling adventures | 17:09 | Lu par Christine Blachford |
| Boyhood's end | 27:57 | Lu par hefyd |
| A darkened life | 19:05 | Lu par hefyd |
| Loss and gain | 35:40 | Lu par hefyd |
Critiques
A LibriVox Listener
Book is good but strong female American accent spoils everything! English readers please! And DO NOT RUSH THE READING!