Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile (Vintage) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile (Vintage) Book

Few writers have attempted to explore the natural history of a particular animal by adopting the animal’s own sensibility. But Verlyn Klinkenborg has done just that in Timothy: an insightful and utterly engaging story of the world’s most famous tortoise, whose real life was observed by the eighteenth-century English curate and naturalist Gilbert White. For thirteen years, Timothy lived in White’s garden. Here Klinkenborg gives the tortoise an unforgettable voice and keen powers of observation on both human and natural affairs. Wry and wise, unexpectedly moving and enchanting at every–careful–turn, Timothy surprises and delights.Read More

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  • 0679737537
  • 9780679737537
  • Verlyn Klinkenborg
  • 2 January 2007
  • Vintage Books USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 192
  • Reprint
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