Author: Jonathan FRANKLIN (Etonian.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Two Owls at Eton. [With Illustrations.].
Author: Jonathan FRANKLIN (Etonian.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Two Owls at Eton - A True Story
Author: Jonathan Franklin
Publisher: Metro Publishing
ISBN: 1786063158
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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'A CLASSIC OF WILDLIFE WRITING' – THE FIELD Listed as one of its five best nature books - 2010 Country LifeWhen Jonathan Franklin takes two baby tawny owls back to Eton, he has no idea how chaotic the following months will be. The birds show no respect for Etonian routine and tradition. They trash his room and rule his daily life, and are known throughout the school as 'Dum' and 'Dee' . Although a keen naturalist, Jonathan struggles to understand his charges and to find the right food for them; at first meat and feathers, soon mice and rats. Even so, they nearly die of malnutrition on two occasions. Frantic, he searches for natural food. How to keep them alive is a constant worry. He watches them grow from ugly balls of fluff into beautiful adults, every change of plumage and behaviour noted. They play truant, they shock others, and lead Jonathan into hilarious adventures. They charm his housemaster and everybody who meets them. Best of all is seeing them flying about over those famous playing fields. All the time, Jonathan works to train them for eventual return to the wild. Will that be possible? He is never sure whether he will succeed. Now updated by the author to tell the end of this extraordinary story, Two Owls at Eton – very British, very witty, yet always close to the rawness of the natural world – is a story to delight everyone – whether they ever trod those playing fi elds, or have never wished to set eyes on the place.
Publisher: Metro Publishing
ISBN: 1786063158
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
'A CLASSIC OF WILDLIFE WRITING' – THE FIELD Listed as one of its five best nature books - 2010 Country LifeWhen Jonathan Franklin takes two baby tawny owls back to Eton, he has no idea how chaotic the following months will be. The birds show no respect for Etonian routine and tradition. They trash his room and rule his daily life, and are known throughout the school as 'Dum' and 'Dee' . Although a keen naturalist, Jonathan struggles to understand his charges and to find the right food for them; at first meat and feathers, soon mice and rats. Even so, they nearly die of malnutrition on two occasions. Frantic, he searches for natural food. How to keep them alive is a constant worry. He watches them grow from ugly balls of fluff into beautiful adults, every change of plumage and behaviour noted. They play truant, they shock others, and lead Jonathan into hilarious adventures. They charm his housemaster and everybody who meets them. Best of all is seeing them flying about over those famous playing fields. All the time, Jonathan works to train them for eventual return to the wild. Will that be possible? He is never sure whether he will succeed. Now updated by the author to tell the end of this extraordinary story, Two Owls at Eton – very British, very witty, yet always close to the rawness of the natural world – is a story to delight everyone – whether they ever trod those playing fi elds, or have never wished to set eyes on the place.
Two Owls at Eton
Author: Jonathan Franklin
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Category : Owls
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Category : Owls
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Debrett's illustrated baronetage and knightage (and companionage) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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British Books in Print
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Category : Catalogs, Publishers'
Languages : en
Pages : 1806
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Category : Catalogs, Publishers'
Languages : en
Pages : 1806
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Ootheca Wolleyana: An illustrated Catalogue of the collection of Birds' Eggs formed by the late John Wolley
Author: John Wolley
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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The Reference Catalogue of Current Literature
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1604
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1604
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Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Titles of Courtesy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Category : Nobility
Languages : en
Pages : 762
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Category : Nobility
Languages : en
Pages : 762
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Eton College Chronicle
Author: Eton College
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Category : Eton College
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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Category : Eton College
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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