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No I haven't but wondering if they may be available as e-books somewhere. Sometimes those older books find their way to Amazon. I did a quick search for R.P. Harriss and found this:
http://www.amazon.com/Tua-and-the-Ele...
But found no e-books for Tegner.
Found quite few paper books for Tregarthen, like "Life story of . . . " but no e-books which is all I read unfortunately.Likewise for Chipperfield and they looked pretty enticing too. (Damn!)
You might try internetarchive.org as another source of "old" EBooks. I had looked everywhere for one specific book of poetry in EBook format. It was published in 1965. Nobody had it, not Amazon, not Barnes & Noble, not Audible, no one. Then i found it on this site. I haven't had a chance to look around over there extensively, but it seems like that might be a good resource for older books.I love the older style of nature writing, and I look forward to reading those authors mentioned in the above comment.
Tregarthen wrote about wild animals on his "patch" in Cornwall. He wrote The Life Story of an Otter, The Life Story of a Badger, The Fox, and the Hare. Plus several tales of Cornish life in the early 2oth Century. He was a big influence on Henry Williamson.
Joseph E. Chipperfield was a big favourite of mine as a child, and still is. He wrote classic dog stories like Storm of Dancerwood, Greatheart the Salvation Hunter, Windruff of Links Tor, Sabre of Storm Valley, and Grey Chieftain; all of which centre on the life and adventures of German Shepherd dogs. For a GSD fan they should be a MUST read. He also wrote some excellent stories about wild horses in the USA; they include Checoba Stallion of the Comanche, Silver Star, and Ghost Horse of the Oregon Trail. He was a prolific writer and a great naturalist.
On older books... who has read The Story of a Red Deer by the Hon. J. W. Fortescue? Published in 1897, I have a lovely First Edition with glorious illustrations.
And a story in poetic form: Reynard the Fox by John Masefield.
Both the above are illustrated by G. D. Armour, a wonderfully talented illustrator.
Joseph E. Chipperfield was a big favourite of mine as a child, and still is. He wrote classic dog stories like Storm of Dancerwood, Greatheart the Salvation Hunter, Windruff of Links Tor, Sabre of Storm Valley, and Grey Chieftain; all of which centre on the life and adventures of German Shepherd dogs. For a GSD fan they should be a MUST read. He also wrote some excellent stories about wild horses in the USA; they include Checoba Stallion of the Comanche, Silver Star, and Ghost Horse of the Oregon Trail. He was a prolific writer and a great naturalist.
On older books... who has read The Story of a Red Deer by the Hon. J. W. Fortescue? Published in 1897, I have a lovely First Edition with glorious illustrations.
And a story in poetic form: Reynard the Fox by John Masefield.
Both the above are illustrated by G. D. Armour, a wonderfully talented illustrator.
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Living in England I wonder if any of the groups older members could tell me how popular Henry Williamson and Joseph E Chipperfield were in the USA and Oz? I have a couple of Chipperfield's books that are ex-library from the USA.
Authors include R. P. Harriss, Henry Tegner and J. C. Tregarthen and Joseph E. Chipperfield.
Does anyone else read the works of these or other similar authors?