The Purple Land

by W H Hudson

Overview

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789358712858
Publisher:	Double 9 Books
Publication date:	05/01/2023
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

W. H. Hudson was an Anglo-Argentine author, biologist, and ornithologist who lived from 4 August 1841 to 18 August 1922 under the name Guillermo Enrique Hudson. Hudson was the son of English and Irish immigrants Daniel Hudson and Catherine (née Kemble), who settled in the United States. He was born and raised in the little Argentine estancia then known as Ingeniero Allan, Florencio Varela, called "25 Ombues." The family built a pulper farther south, in Chascom's vicinity, not far from the lake with the same name, in 1846. While growing up in this natural setting, Hudson studied the native flora and fauna and observed both natural and human dramas on the region's then-lawless frontier. He then published his ornithological research in Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society, at first writing in a mix of English and Spanish. Patagonia held a particular place in his heart. Hudson immigrated to England in 1874 and settled at St Luke's Road in Bayswater, where he lived for the majority of his life. In 1876, he married Emily Wingrave, a former singer, in Kensington, London, who served as his landlord.