Funny and touching stories about animals by the English writer and veterinarian James Herriot have been translated into dozens of languages. His good-natured humor, keen observation and brilliant storytelling skills have been winning over new readers for several decades now, never ceasing to amaze how interesting stories from the practice of a “cow doctor” can be. And how far the everyday life of a rural veterinarian is from routine, it goes without saying! Try, for example, to bring an enraged bull to reason, or move a stubborn pig, or turn it into an operating stall, while not forgetting about the sharp teeth and hooves of your four-legged patients. This edition features Harriot's Of All Creatures, Beautiful and Wise (1974), which, like All Creatures Great and Small, revisits the early years of his veterinary practice in the fictional town of Darrowby. among the Yorkshire hills, beyond which the features of Thirsk appear, where the world famous James Herriot Museum now stands.