W H Hudson: 43 books

W. H. Hudson grew up on the Argentinean pampas, studying the wildlife of the region and honing his observational skills. An extraordinarily talented writer, Hudson’s prose brings the region to life in The Naturalist in La Plata, a natural history brimming with Hudson’s portraits of the birds and...

Naturalist W. H. Hudson is renowned for his extraordinary studies of birds and bird behavior as well as for his excellent prose. In Birds and Man, Hudson collects his observations of birds in England into chapters titled “Birds at Their Best,” “Parrot Gossip,” “The Secret of the Willow Wren,” “Ravens in Somerset,” and more.

W. H. Hudson grew up on the pampas of Argentina, a region that remained close to his heart even after he moved to England. In Tales of the Pampas, Hudson draws upon his childhood memories to create these six magical short stories about the landscape, the gauchos, and the area that impressed him for the rest of his life.

“The book is rich in anecdote, but richer in self-revelation.” So wrote one reviewer about W. H. Hudson’s A Hind in Richmond Park, one of his finest volumes of nature writing.  Brimming with beauty and wisdom, Hudson’s keen observations about plants, trees, insects, birds, and wild beasts continues to enthrall readers passionate about the natural world.

W. H. Hudson’s frequent rambles around the English countryside resulted in several captivating travel narratives and helped inspire the back-to-nature movement of the 1920s and 1930s. A Shepherd’s Life is a collection of Hudson’s impressions of the land and people of the South Wiltshire Downs—including...

W. H. Hudson’s Far Away and Long Ago, an enthralling memoir of his boyhood in Argentina, where he acquired his love of nature, has become a classic. Hudson’s rich descriptions of his experiences growing up on the pampas, teeming with birds and wildlife, as well as of ranch life and gauchos, leap off the pages of this unforgettable memoir.

W. H. Hudson’s trailblazing story of a pastoral utopia that harbors a dark secret After a landslide, Smith awakens groggy and confused. The landscape around him has changed dramatically. He wanders through the countryside, searching for any semblance of civilization, until a family takes...

Ornithologist and naturalist W. H. Hudson’s Adventures Among Birds is an engaging account of the remarkable behavior he’s observed among birds. Here is a lonely swan who befriends a trout; a gander who herds his fellow geese into a fox-proof enclosure every evening; and a flock of lapwings who playfully splash newcomers to their group.

W. H. Hudson “rambled” around England for many years; those travels were captured in his delightful narrative Afoot in England. He finally came upon Cornwall, and the visit resulted in the captivating Land’s End, a portrait of the region and the people who live there—and a must-read for anyone passionate about traveling in the United Kingdom.

The Collins Nature Library is a new series of classic British nature writing – reissues of long-lost seminal works. The titles have been chosen by one of Britain’s best known and highly-acclaimed nature writers, Robert Macfarlane, who has also written new introductions that put these classics...

“To read him is to be constantly delighted.” So reads the New York Times review of Afoot in England, W. H. Hudson’s account of his rambles through rural England. In these vignettes, the renowned naturalist shows that he is a keen student of the human being, as well as of the animals and birds he loves so much.

“A traveller in little things . . . which takes you into the villages and hamlets, where you meet and converse with small farmers . . . with other persons who live on the land.” This is a stranger’s astute description of W. H. Hudson during one of his rambles around England—his experiences charmingly captured in this travel narrative.

Considered a classic at the time of its publication in 1910, A Shepherd's Life is a rare account of the lives of those who lived on and worked the land in nineteenth-century rural Britain. A masterful work of prose, W. H. Hudson focuses on the story of one man, a Wiltshire shepherd named Caleb Bawcombe,...

“Nino Diablo” is a short story by Argentinian writer William Hudson. Part of his “South American Romances” series, this volume is not to be missed by those with an interest in south American culture and folklore in general. William Henry Hudson (1841–1922) was an Argentinian ornithologist...