I Bought a Mountain : The Re-discovered Nature Classic

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I Bought a Mountain : The Re-discovered Nature ClassicWith a foreword by Patrick Barkham, and an essay by Welsh hill farmer Dafydd Morris Jones. Written on the eve of the Second World War, this memoir tells the remarkable story of how 21 year old Thomas Firbank decided on impulse to purchase a 2,400 acre hill farm in the rugged, inhospitable mountains of Snowdonia, and how he and his wife struggled to build it back into prosperity. The book became an international bestseller, selling over half a million

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the creation and use of fossil fuels

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towns and gardens become treasure troves of brilliant birds

we are all connected to the ocean

change is not always welcomed

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