Gavin Maxwell (1) (1914–1969)
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Gavin Maxwell (1914-1969) was born at the House of Elrig in Wigtownshire, Scotland, and educated at Oxford. He is the author of Ring of Bright Water, the international bestseller about raising pet otters near his cottage in the Highlands. For years, he ran a shark fishery in the Hebrides. He is mostra altro also the author of God Protect Me From My Friends, a biography of a Sicilian outlaw. He traveled extensively throughout North Africa and the Middle East. mostra meno
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Opere di Gavin Maxwell
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Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Devil Water | Dearly Beloved | Ring of Bright Water | The Devil's Advocate (1962) 19 copie
Great Animal Stories: If Only They Could Talk, Ring of Bright Water, A Cat in the Window, Elephant Bill, Encounters… (1960) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Maxwell, Gavin
- Data di nascita
- 1914-07-15
- Data di morte
- 1969-09-07
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Elrig, Wigtownshire, Scotland, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Inverness, Scotland, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Elrig, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Sandaig, Highland, Scotland
Eilean Bàn, Highland, Scotland
London, England, UK - Istruzione
- Hertford College, Oxford University (BA)
St Cyprian's School, Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK
Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, England, UK - Attività lavorative
- writer
naturalist - Relazioni
- Maxwell, Sir Herbert (grandfather)
Thesiger, Wilfred (travel companion)
Nutkins, Terry (legal dependant)
Geddes, Tex (crewman) - Organizzazioni
- Special Operations Executive
Scots Guards - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Fellow, Royal Society of Literature
Fellow, Royal Geographical Society
Fellow, Zoological Society of London - Agente
- Peter Janson-Smith
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Nature Writing (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 15
- Opere correlate
- 10
- Utenti
- 1,965
- Popolarità
- #13,083
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 37
- ISBN
- 101
- Lingue
- 6
- Preferito da
- 4