William Henry Hudson

Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest


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"Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest" is a narration of his life story by Abel, a Venezuelan, to a comrade. Once a we…

Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Cat Tales


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The Lords of the Housetops reveals the cat through the creative lenses of 13 authors. Consequently, this carefully chosen collection of stor…

A Shepherd's Life; Impressions Of The South Wiltshire Downs


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Hudson wrote this classic work in 1910; it is admiringly mentioned by many other writers. It focuses on the memories of a head shepherd, Ca…

Far Away and Long Ago


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William Henry Hudson was an author, naturalist and ornithologist. Hudson was born of U.S. parents living in the Quilmes Partido in Buenos Ai…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 024


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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…

A Crystal Age


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A Crystal Age is a utopian novel written by W. H. Hudson, first published in 1887. The book has been called a "significant S-F mileston…

Idle Days in Patagonia


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Hudson traveled to Patagonia to study the birds, but shortly upon arrival accidentally shot himself in the knee, requiring a lengthy period …

The Purple Land


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In W.H. Hudson’s first novel, an Englishman wandering on horseback across the pampas finds adventure and romance in Uruguay. The full title…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 028


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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

Idle Hours In A Library


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“[these essays on Shakespeare, Pepys, Restoration novels, and bohemianism]—the results of many hours of quiet but rather aimless browsing am…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 060


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Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain independently chosen by the readers. Volume 60 features excerpts from two German philoso…

Birds and Man


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During the later part of his life Hudson lived in southern England, where he was involved very early on with the RSPB (Royal Society for the…

The Famous Missions of California


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Naturalist William Henry Hudson was born in Argentina of immigrant parents from England, and later settled there. He published books on orn…

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 17


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The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Far Away and Long Ago - A History of My Early Life (Version 2)


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A boy (between the ages of 4 and 12) discovers the natural world around him in his home in the Argentine Pampas and in Buenos Aires. Author …