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I Bought a Mountain

By: Thomas Firbank
Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
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About this listen

With a foreword by Patrick Barkham.

And an essay by Welsh hill farmer, Dafydd Morris-Jones.

Written on the eve of the Second World War, this memoir tells the remarkable story of how 21-year-old Thomas Firbank decided on impulse to purchase a 2,400-acre hill farm in the rugged, inhospitable mountains of Snowdonia, and how he and his wife struggled to build it back into prosperity.

The book became an international bestseller, selling over half-a-million copies worldwide and pioneered the genre of 'good life' rural escape literature. This new edition is introduced with a foreword by the award-winning nature writer, Patrick Barkham, and includes an afterword by contemporary Welsh sheep farmer, Dafydd Morris-Jones.

I Bought a Mountain is a thrilling human tale of tragedy and triumph, as well as a portrait of a lost era when farming was a communal endeavour, offering precious insights into conservation and sustainability relevant for today.

©2022 Thomas Firbank (P)2022 Octopus Publishing Group Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science Inspiring

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"One of the great no-holds-barred life-adventures in the wilds of the British landscape." (Adam Nicolson)
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I have previously read this book and loved it. it's is Just as good listening to it. I have never understood why it is not better known.

A great book and a better audio book

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loved it all a very descriptive and moving story. if you love the snow donian mountains this is for you

a wonderful snapshot of hill farming

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It's never old or out of date, and applies in 2024 as it did in the decades before

Third reading of this amazing biography

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