Contains If Only They Could Talk and It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet The inspiration for the BBC series of the same name. Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College,

Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, to the young James Herriot 1930s Yorkshire seems to offer an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world.

"This book was previously published in 2004 under the title The apprenticeship of Doctor Laverty, by Insomniac Press, Toronto"--T.p. verso.

The first collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small. This edition contains If Only They Coul

An English veterinarian reminisces about his life, career, and animal patients in an English village.