In the Hide
The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller: How The Natural World Saved My Life
Gordon Buchanan
- Our
- estate
- was
- built
- on
- land
- claimed
- from
- fields
- –
- we
- were
- at
- the
- foot
- of
- those
- rolling
- Kilpatrick
- hills,
- but
- over
- the
- roof
- of
- the
- school
- you
- could
- see
- more
- green
- fields
- and
- woods.
- I
- felt
- grateful
- to
- be
- on
- the
- edge
- of
- all
- that
- countryside
- –
- there
- was
- a
- magnetic
- pull
- towards
- what
- I
- thought
- that
- wild
- was,
- or
- could
- be.
- ‘One
- day,
- I’m
- going
- to
- walk
- to
- those
- hills
- and
- woods,’
- I’d
- think
- to
- myself.Soon,
- it
- would
- become
- a
- sanctuary.Gordon
- Buchanan
- is
- probably
- the
- best-known
- natural
- history
- cameraman
- the
- BBC
- has
- ever
- produced.
- From
- wild
- snow
- wolf
- packs
- in
- Ellesmere
- and
- polar
- bears
- in
- Svalbard
- to
- leopards
- in
- Mumbai
- and
- equine
- therapy
- in
- Mongolia,
- he
- has
- filmed
- in
- the
- world's
- most
- far-reaching
- places
- for
- over
- 30
- years.
- His
- dedication
- to
- his
- craft
- means
- he
- often
- spends
- weeks
- inside
- a
- cramped
- camera
- hide,
- tolerating
- extreme
- sleep
- deprivation
- and
- poor
- living
- conditions,
- all
- in
- search
- of
- that
- one
- extraordinary
- shot.But
- dangerous
- animals
- were
- not
- the
- only
- thing
- he
- was
- hiding
- from.In
- the
- Hide
- is
- Gordon's
- emotionally
- honest
- and
- raw
- account
- of
- a
- challenging
- childhood
- in
- Dumbarton
- and
- on
- Mull,
- and
- the
- escape
- and
- solace
- he
- found
- –
- and
- continues
- to
- find
- –
- in
- the
- natural
- world
- around
- him.
- An
- intimate
- and
- inspiring
- account
- of
- resilience
- in
- the
- face
- of
- hardship,
- In
- the
- Hide
- marks
- the
- arrival
- of
- a
- bold
- new
- voice
- in
- nature writing.
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