After giving up a hectic life as a journalist in Europe and Hollywood in the late 1960s to return to his boyhood love of nature, Mike Tomkies moved to Eilean Shona, a remote island off the west coast of Scotland. There he rebuilt an abandoned croft house and began a new way of life observing nature. He tracked foxes and stags, made friends with seals and taught an injured sparrow-hawk to hunt for itself. It was the indomitable spirit of this tiny bird that taught Tomkies what it takes for any of us to be truly free. Whether he was fishing, growing his own food or battling through stormy seas in a tiny boat, he learned that he could survive in the harsh environment. This is the astonishing story of daring to take the first step away from urban routines and embracing a harsh yet immensely rewarding way of life which, in turn, led Tomkies to an even more remote location and inspired an acclaimed series of books on various animals and the challenges and joys of living in remote places.
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Biological SciencesTable of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Homecoming
- 2 Getting to Know You
- 3 Dangerous Passage
- 4 Rescuing a Dagger Bill Heron
- 5 No Compromise
- 6 The Final Break
- 7 Winter Furies
- 8 Sheep in Nature’s Cycle
- 9 There’s More to Wildlife Photography
- 10 Encounters with Seals
- 11 Bird on My Hand
- 12 Symbol of Freedom
- 13 Creatures Great and Small
- 14 Only Myself Left
- 15 Wildcat and Wilder Seas
- 16 The Gull and the Fox
- 17 To the Rescue
- 18 Talking with Ravens
- 19 Into a Last Wild Place
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