Dreamer at the End of the Universe Audiobook Libro.fm

Description

Dreamer at the End of the Universe tells the epic story of four generations of a Celtic family battling the elements and the animals to scrape a living from a land with no fat and little lean Ours was a wilderness farm in Central Ontario populated by animals insects and rocks And I loved that place The early generations killed the animals and fought the land My generation has come to realize who owns this place Humans have been tenants for a handful of years while the true owners are the animals who have their own lives As Charles Darwin wrote There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain happiness and misery

The farm rested in a cradle of rocks called the Land Between This is a region where two iconic environments collided the Canadian Shield and the St Lawrence Lowlands to create a vast area rich in plants animals and peoplethe best of both ecosystems

Together with My Cousin amp Me And Other Animals plus Wolves Ryders in the Whirlwind this book comprises a trilogy I call The Land In the beginning I had no conscious intention of writing a trilogy but after a while the people the bears the wolves and the other animals in my stories took on a life of their own thus demanding more description time and care I was attentive to such pleading such longing to be remembered before the time when all this will be forgotten This enchantment with the land animals and people is still fresh in my memory This happiness is still felt in my heart And had I the strength and the wisdom I would write a fourth volume but all good things end

Postscript

Gordon Harrison is an awardwinning author of books on nature science and art When he isnt writing or drinking Glenmorangie single malt scotch whiskey hes photographing the endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful of Ontario The author has placed 193 of his wildlife photos in this new book