Jolly Green Giant

Synopsis

David Bellamy is a natural story teller whose memoir will be packed full of funny anecdotes and observations. It is the story of how a city boy, brought up in the middle of London, went for a trip into the countryside one day, an event which was to transform his life by setting in motion the amazing love of nature which would make famous this larger-than-life character. In his infectious style he illumines on, amongst other things, the fact that his father, the manager of a branch of Boots, had to grease his hair straight - because in those days managers of Boots weren't allowed to have curly hair! Then there was the time he and his brother discovered an exploded bomb, kept in the garden shed - and then accidentally blew off the front of the house with it. He reveals his secret passion is ballet dancing - and how his mother only found out about it when she saw him on stage at the Fairfield Hall in Croydon. His career as an academic, then author, broadcaster, consultant and television personality, spans 35 years and his main passion - campaigning for the environment - have led to many adventures including his being twice imprisoned in the Third World.

Copyright:

2007

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781448108657

Related ISBNs:

9780712683593

Publisher:

Random House

Date of Addition:

08/19/18

Copyrighted By:

David Bellamy

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Entertainment, Nonfiction, Science, Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature, Technology, Earth Sciences, Medicine

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Bookshare Staff

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