A Shepherd's Life; Impressions Of The South Wiltshire Downs: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Shepherd's Life; Impressions Of The South Wiltshire Downs, credited to William Henry Hudson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of A Shepherd's Life; Impressions Of The South Wiltshire Downs by William Henry Hudson. Read in English by David Wales Hudson wrote this classic work in 1910; it is admiringly mentioned by many other writers. It focuses on the memories of a head shepherd, Caleb Bawcombe, so it is concerned with the period of mid to late nineteenth century rural Wiltshire, a county in England. This pleasant engaging book contains rural wisdom, natural history, farming practices, human characters, and more - Summary by david wales

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Shepherd's Life; Impressions Of The South Wiltshire Downs
• Author credits: William Henry Hudson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 8:43:30

Catalogue topics

• england
• farming
• nineteenth century
• animal husbandry
• Natural History
• rural england
• wiltshire

Track guide

1. 01 - Salisbury Plain — 26:18
2. 02 - Salisbury As I See It — 29:49
3. 03 - Winterborne Bishop — 19:07
4. 04 - A Shepherd Of The Downs — 32:06
5. 05 - Early Memories — 12:36
6. 06 - Shepherd Isaac Bawcombe — 16:56
7. 07 - The Deer-Stealers — 14:08
8. 08 - Shepherds And Poaching — 17:35
9. 09 - The Shepherd On Foxes — 19:55
10. 10 - Bird Life On The Downs — 19:05
11. 11 - Starlings And Sheep-Bells — 16:31
12. 12 - The Shepherd And The Bible — 12:53
13. 13 - Vale Of The Wylye — 23:40
14. 14 - A Sheep-Dog's Life — 22:14
15. 15 - The Ellerbys Of Doveton — 15:23
16. 16 - Old Wiltshire Days — 23:05
17. 17 - Old Wiltshire Days Continued — 38:43
18. 18 - The Shepherd's Return — 15:43
19. 19 - The Dark People Of The Village — 33:55
20. 20 - Some Sheep-Dogs — 28:52
21. 21 - The Shepherd As Naturalist — 16:20
22. 22 - The Master Of The Village — 21:38
23. 23 - Isaac's Children — 23:24
24. 24 - Living In The Past — 23:34

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