Far Away & Long Ago: A childhood in Argentina
By W.H. Hudson
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W.H. Hudson
William Henry Hudson (1841–1922) was an author and naturalist. Hudson was born in Argentina, the son of English and American parents. There, he studied local plants and animals as a young man, publishing his findings in Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society, in a mixture of English and Spanish. Hudson’s familiarity with nature was readily evident in later novels such as A Crystal Age and Green Mansions. He later aided the founding of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It took me a while to get into this book but once I started I managed to keep up the momentum. The story about the story was interesting but it is difficult to comprehend Hudson's lot until he deals with Darwinism and his own inclinations as a naturalist. Delivered as the story of one's boyhood, it is not until after finishing the book and reading the preface, one reflects and Hudson's genius comes to light.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hmmmm! I read Green Mansions years ago and now I understand that better. I find it sad that he died in poverty or want in England. He so obviously loved the place that he grew up in though he seemed to recognize the change that happened over the years.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An absolutely beautiful memory of childhood, growing up in the Pampas of Argentina in the 19th century. Sort of a precursor to 'my Family and other Animals', as the author intersperses magical natural history (he was a noted ornithologist) with entertaining portraits of local characters. Though writing this back in 1917, it's already sad to hear him comment "I only know that the old place...where his cattle and horses grazed and the stream where they were watered was alive with herons and spoonbills, black-necked swans, glossy ibises in clouds, and great blue ibises with resounding voices, is now possessed by aliens, who destroy all wild bird life and grow corn on the land for the markets of Europe."There's a further depth to it, though, as faced with bereavement, separation from the country, illness...he delves into the magic of Nature, concluding that the happiness of it "had a cumulative effect on the mind...so that in my worst times...I could always feel that it was infinitely better to be than not to be."Superlative writing.