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The Badger Man by Ernest Neal
| Review |
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Badger Experience |
| Description | |
The book starts with a discussion of
Ernest Neal's early memories and family life. It includes his memories of
London, Boarding School and High Education and his switch from medicine to
biology, and then trying to find a job during the slump. It covers his first job
at Rendcomb College and how he first got into seeing and observing badgers.
After this came the war years, where he still managed to study badgers, and
involve many other people and children in the work too. And, after the war and
all the problems it brought, moving to Taunton School and becoming a housemaster
and still continuing the badger work. Following on from this was being involved
in the formation of the Mammal Society, and getting into photography and filming
with the BBC, as well as still being a teacher and a badger researcher. Ernest
Neal also describes the expeditions he took part in across the world and his
eventual retirement from teaching. From what might have been a well-earned
retirement Ernest Neal seemed then to concentrate even more on badgers and wrote
more books, got involved in more charities, went on more expeditions - involving
him climbing Kilimanjaro. The book finishes off with an account of his bonus
years (following a major illness) and his views on his philosophy of life. He
died in April 1998. |
| Summary |
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To all intents and purposes this is the
autobiography of Dr Ernest Neal, and records the story of his life and the the
work he did on badgers. A fascinating book about a fascinating man. |
| Written by |
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Ernest Neal |
| Illustrated by |
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J Langmuir-Lanigan, Dr David Bygott and
Ivan Lilley |
| Photographs by |
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Ernest Neal, Jack Beale, Peter Blomfield,
Stuart Seager and GC Ainsworth |
| Written in |
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1994 |
| Last Revised in |
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N/A |
| Size |
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238mm by 170mm (height by width) |
| Pages |
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274 |
| ISBN |
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0-903803-28-3 |
| Publisher |
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Providence Press |
| Copyright Owner |
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Ernest Neal |
| In Print? |
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Out Of Print |
| Review Date |
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28 February 2007 |
| Front and Cover |
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