James Herriot, a pseudonym for James Alfred Wight, grew up in Glasgow and qualified as a veterinary surgeon at Glasgow Veterinary College. Shortly afterwards he took up a position as an assistant in a North Yorkshire practice where he remained, with the exception of his wartime service in the RAF, until his death in 1995. He wrote many books about Yorkshire country life, including some for children, but he is best known for his memoirs, which begin with If Only They Could Talk. The books were televised in the enormously popular series All Creatures Great and Small.
Wunderbare Hundegeschichten – vom berühmtesten Tierarzt der Welt
Ob Mrs. Pumphreys kleiner Liebling allzugern Sahnetorte und Kalbssülze frisst, der Doktor selber das Hundefutter verspeist oder in einer pechschwarzen Nacht ein frischoperierter und leider auch pechschwarzer Patient verschwindet – die Hundegeschichten des berühmten Tierarztes sind eine herrliche Lektüre für alle Tierfreunde.
«Geschichten voller Herzlichkeit, voller Witz und Nachdenklichkeit – eine wunderschöne entspannende Lektüre.» (NDR)
