Thomas Edward was a poor shoemaker of Banff who spent his nights on the coast and moors collecting and observing animals, birds and sea creatures, and was eventually made an Associate of the Linnean Society. Smiles, who had praised him in Self-Help, follows him from a wild childhood and harsh schools through apprenticeship, poverty and discovery.
An inspiring Victorian biography of perseverance and a love of nature that no hardship could crush. Download the free EPUB.