By Linda Lear
A very detailed biography of an amazing woman. No, she wasn't perfect (for example, she was against women suffrage) but she was ahead of her time in so many other ways! Including the preservation of land and animals in England's Lake District. With the money she made from publishing her wonderful books, she bought 14 farms in the area with the intention of leaving them for the National Trust. She was also a breeder of award-winning Herdwick sheep, not too conservative to avoid trying new veterinary approaches. Really amazing reading about her. It took me a long time, and now all I want to do is watch videos about her and about where she spent most of her adult life, including two world wars. [biography, 583 pp. (including notes, index, etc.)]
