
Elegy For a River
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Water voles are small, brownish, bewhiskered and charming. Made famous by ''Ratty'' in The Wind in the Willows, once they were a ubiquitous part of our waterways. They were a totem of our rivers. Now, however, they are nearly gone. This is their story, and the story of a conservationist with a wild hope: that he could bring them back.
Tom Moorhouse spent eleven years besi...
Brought to you by Penguin.
Water voles are small, brownish, bewhiskered and charming. Made famous by ''Ratty'' in The Wind in the Willows, once they were a ubiquitous part of our waterways. They were a totem of our rivers. Now, however, they are nearly gone. This is their story, and the story of a conservationist with a wild hope: that he could bring them back.
Tom Moorhouse spent eleven years besi...