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Summary: Funny, sad, beautiful
Review: You don't have to be an animal lover to enjoy this collection of heart-warming true stories told by a country vet. Some of the stories are funny, others are sad; none will leave you unmoved. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: A wonderful book!
Review: Wonderful book by James Herriot, a country veterinarian in Yorkshire, England. It was the first of a very enjoyable book series, and was made into a TV series. It tells of James' beginnings as a veterinarian, and how he learns to adapt to the people, countryside and the animals. It's a well-written tale that's sure to touch your heart, make you laugh, and perhaps shed a tear or two. Never enough good things to say about this book--it's a great one!
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Summary: Passionate storytelling
Review: "All Creatures Great and Small" is a passionate and autobiographical account by James Herriot of his early years as a vet. Recently qualified, the young Scottish James finds work in the 1930s in a remote area of the Yorkshire Dales, during a time when jobs, let alone paying jobs, are scarce. In possession of only a small suitcase, he makes his way to the middle of nowhere in Northern England, waits around for an interview with his new boss, which he lands despite having fallen asleep in the garden when his boss finally returns. The eccentric Siegfried Farnon hires young James, and together they run a practice that mainly deals with cattle and farmers. Of course, being a stranger in this community is not easy, nor is it easy being a vet. Farmers have their own conclusions about cow diseases and some bizarre (non-scientific) treatments for them. It is up to James to convince them of his new found skills and to prove his worth in what is a reticent but deep down, a kind-hearted and generous community. In his job James runs across a bunch of interesting characters: his boss, Tristan who is the boss' carefree and accident-prone younger brother, farmers, a rich lady with a fat dog to whom James becomes and adopted "uncle", as well as a girl or two. The story is warm, funny and heartwarming. The story is not only an interesting personal story, but also fascinating from a historical and scientific point of view. And let's not forget James' relationship with all the animals. Herriot demonstrates a rare talent for telling an engrossing story. Thoroughly enjoyable, and highly recommended to audiences of all ages.
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Summary: All Creatures great and small
Review: I loved the book so much! It was so sweet and funny! It is one if my faviorts! So touching, I love animals and so to here the many stoies of this vet was my kind of book. It was like you were walking with him thuogh all these little things that he dose. ALl the little cute animals that he takes care, The hiloures owners that he meets and his silly parners that he works with makes it a book you cant put down! James Herrot is so lovable himself. you cant help but to love him! So, for anyone who loves animals and cute light hearted stories will love tyhis wounderful book!
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Summary: The best book that I ever read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small is the greatest book about being a veterinary assistant. Herriot begins his story when he is fresh out of vetranary school. Anyone who loves animals and is thinking of maybe becoming a vet would love this book,too. There may be a lot of pages to read, but this book keeps you guessing what will happen to him next. I would love to recommend this book even to people who love adventure stories. In this book you may be able to relate to a lot of problems that Herriot has. Some of his problems are easy and some are hard. For example sometimes he comes in late about midnight then gets a call to deliver a calf at 2 a.m. in subzero temperatures. I hope you take my advice and read this wonderful book.
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Summary: Great and not-so-small
Review: James Herriot was a country veterinarion who lived in Yorkshire before (and after) World War II. His stories are funny, heartwarming, sad, and highly educational. And after reading this, you will either want to be a vet or be very grateful that you aren't one. The book opens (after a brief chapter taking place several months later) with James arriving in Yorkshire, to be the assistant to the eccentric but kindly Siegfried Farnon (yes, that is his name). He becomes accustomed to Siegfried, Siegfried's mischievous younger brother Tristan (yes, that is his name), and the gruff, kindly farmers who eke out a living in the Yorkshire Dales. Pampered pooches who are spoiled rotten, savage pigs who chase Tristan around the farm, a nightmarishly strict secretary who drives Siegfried up the wall, James's car-with-no-brakes, cows running on three cylinders, a sadistic vet who makes James wear a rubber bodysuit, and an elderly, immensely wealthy widow who adopts a pig. And through this, James falls in love with the beautiful Helen Alderson and worms his way into the trust of the farmers. James Herriot (real name, James Wight) was truly a one-of-a-kind man. He let readers into his head throughout the book, where the cows kick him across the yard, farmers often treat him as an interloper or a nuisance, and his boss gives contradicting orders from one day to the next. But he never loses his drive or his love of animals. (Okay, he hates some animals, but only as individuals) He even lets the readers see him at his worst, when he's humiliated by some recalcitrant livestock, and one horrible scene where he and his date show up drunk and mud-smeared in front of the girl he adores. (Not to mention when Tristan got him to use very feminine-smelling bath salts) But don't think that all of these stories are funny or romantic -- quite a few are aggravating or outright sad. James didn't soften the blows at all. The people around James are just as fantastic: Siegfried, his weird but genial boss who can kick Tristan out of the house and forget about it overnight; Tristan, the mischievous anti-scholar who usually manages to keep out of trouble; and Helen, who seems a little too saintly at times (which isn't surprising, since James married her). There are a lot of details about surgery and stuff like that that will gross out the squeamish, but at least you'll learn a lot of medical trivia. (For example, what is a torsion?) It's sweet, sad, funny, romantic, dramatic. "All Creatures Great And Small" (and its four sequels) is a fantastic read for all ages.
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Summary: Observational Humour
Review: Given that the usual age-group of Herriot's readers are late teenagers, the book came a little late into my hands. Dr. James Herriot puts across his trials and tribulations as a novice vet, "a Mr. Smartpants" among hardy Yorkshire Dalesmen who are convinced of the superiority of their own home-grown remedies but nevertheless make calls at all odd hours whenever a horse is foaling or a cow is "running on only three pistons" (one of the four udders is calloused). Great descriptions of the picturesque countryside and an incisive observation of character (including his own) makes this an intersting read. Since at times there seems to be very little plot in the whole book, it is nicer if you read it just as a collection of anecdotes(some humourous, some tragic, some strangely both) about a young man about to start out in life. A lucid prose style and powerful narrative skils makes this a very satisfying read on the whole.
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Summary: An All-time Classic
Review: I first read this book when I was fourteen. Got it at the library in Danville, Arkansas, as I recall during a summertime visit with aunts, uncles and cousins. Hated to put it down every morning and go to swimming lessons. Hated to put it down to eat. Hated having to turn out the lights and get some shut-eye. This book is about the joys and the struggles of everyday life, and of triumphs great and small. It's a book about animal husbandry and the way people connect with animals, even when they have trouble connecting to other people. I've read this book three or four times since that summer so very long ago. It is brilliantly written. What a great investment of your time if you choose to read this wonderful tale of life as a veterinarian in a faraway country.
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Summary: The book to begin it all!
Review: The only warning I give before you start to read this book is that you must be willing to donate many hours because this book will make you want to read every single one of James Herriots books. "All Creatures Great and Small" is a fabulous book. Currently I am going to school to become a veterinarian (including the cow degree) and after sifting through this book I knew that every person who wants to become a vet should read this book. Not only does it show the joys of bringing a struggling lamb in the world, or pulling a dying animal back from the brink of death, it also displays the downfalls of being a vet. The unexpected nightly calls, the confusing symptoms, and the claws and teeth that are attached to each patient are all also a part of being a vet. Through it all James Herriot shows a deep love of his profession which cannot help but bring a smile to the readers face. I recommend this book to any animal lover from cats to cows, James has to fight with them all in the England countryside.
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Summary: Non-Fiction
Review: The book, All Creatures Great and Small is about Mr. James Herriot as a vet in his mid-thrities at a small town in Shorphire,Egland named Dowrby. There he is the assistant of Mr. Seigfried Farnon. They live at the Skedale House with Mrs. Hall and Tristan, who is seigfried's little lazy brother. At Shropshire, Mr. Herriot deals with the problems of the farmers at the area with their livestock and other domestic animals. Also at Dowrby, Mr. Herriot falls in love with Helen Aiderson. Later they become married and live a wonderful life. The reason that I read this book was because our teacher gave us the assignment of doing a report on this book, and I thought that this would be a good non-fiction book to use on my book-reports. I also choose this book because this is the biggest book in the class and I can read a lot. One of my favorite scenes in the book is the times when Siegfried goes berzerck and he sacks Tristan over and over again without ever remembering once what he had just done and still wakes up the next morning seeing Tristan eating breakfast with him and doesn't wonder why is my brother still here? I think this is weird and I believe Siegfried has problems and should get professional hep because at some scenes in the book, he really freaks me out.
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