Sir David Attenborough is a broadcaster and naturalist whose television career is now in its seventh decade. After studying Natural Sciences at Cambridge and a brief stint in publishing, he joined the BBC. Since the launch of his famous Zoo Quest series in 1954, he has surveyed almost every aspect of life on earth and brought it to the viewing public. His latest program, Planet Earth II, was the most watched nature documentary of all time.
"Attenborough relates his adventures of sixty years ago with
typical British wit . . . This is a great book for anyone who wants
to vicariously travel like an old-fashioned adventurer and seeks to
understand how far we have come in developing a protective attitude
toward wildlife."--Frans de Waal, The New York Times
"Everyone who enjoys wildlife programming on television owes a debt
of gratitude to David Attenborough. Attenborough--zoologist by
training, TV man by profession--pioneered the concept over sixty
years . . . He went out in the field, lived in the jungle for weeks
at a time, and wrestled everything from caimans to boa constrictors
. . . His new memoir, Adventures of a Young Naturalist, collects
accounts of three of his first trips into the wilderness, stories
that amaze and fascinate."
--Curt Schleier, Minneapolis Star Tribune
"A rare glimpse of a fledgling David Attenborough in the wild."
--Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair
Praise for David Attenborough
"A great educator as well as a great naturalist."--President Barack
Obama
"[Attenborough] is a wizard of television, and, like Gandalf or
Dumbledore, he has a near-magical gift for combining warmth and
gravitas."--Louis Theroux, award-winning BBC documentary
filmmaker
"When I was a young boy, I used to love turning on the television
and watching [Attenborough's] programs and really feeling like I
was either back out in Africa or I was learning about something
magical and almost out of this planet."--Prince William, Duke of
Cambridge
"An elegant and gently funny writer."--The Times
"A marvelous book, an invaluable record of David Attenborough's
first three journeys . . . What makes this elegant book so
unputdownable is that Attenborough makes the viewer feel inside the
picture, part of his team . . . On the page, as on the screen, he
shares, shows, explains. His style is disarmingly self-deprecating,
utterly engaging."--Telegraph
"One of the last of the pith-helmeted, noble British adventurers,
he tells a host of wondrous tales set in the last years of the
crumbling British Empire and he tells them beautifully . . . His
writing is as impressive and as enjoyable as his TV programs and
there can be no higher praise."--Daily Express
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