The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot

Martin's Press in New York City, received a copy and arranged to have the first two books published as a single volume in the United States. If Only They Could Talk was published in the United Kingdom in 1970 by Michael Joseph Ltd, but sales were slow until Thomas McCormack, of St. Owing in part to professional etiquette which at that time frowned on veterinary surgeons and other professionals from advertising their services, he took a pen name, choosing 'James Herriot'. In 1969 Wight wrote If Only They Could Talk, the first of the now-famous series based on his life working as a vet and his training in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Challenged by his wife, in 1966 (at the age of 50), he began writing. Wight intended for years to write a book, but with most of his time consumed by veterinary practice and family, his writing ambition went nowhere. The original practice is now a museum, 'The World of James Herriot'. In January 1940, he took a brief job at a veterinary practice in Sunderland, but moved in July to work in a rural practice based in the town of Thirsk, Yorkshire, close to the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors, where he was to remain for the rest of his life. In 1939, at the age of 23, he qualified as a veterinary surgeon with Glasgow Veterinary College. Wight is best known for his semi-autobiographical stories, often referred to collectively as All Creatures Great and Small, a title used in some editions and in film and television adaptations. 'I grew up reading James Herriot's books and I'm delighted that thirty years on, they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then.James Herriot is the pen name of James Alfred Wight, OBE, FRCVS also known as Alf Wight, an English veterinary surgeon and writer. Charming, funny and touching, The Lord God Made Them All is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain’s best-loved authors. Since they were first published, James Herriot’s memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. And with another baby on the way, life is about to get even more chaotic. But between his young son, Jimmy, trailing him around copying his every move, stubborn farmers refusing to try his ‘new-fangled’ treatments and a goat that has eaten 293 tomatoes, Darrowby is far from quiet. While the world has changed after the war, the blunt Yorkshire clients and menagerie of beasts with weird and wonderful ailments remain the same. The fourth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.įinally home from London after his wartime service in the RAF, James Herriot is settling back into life as a country vet.

The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot