Green Mansions A Romance of the Tropical Forest by William Herbert Hudson
“When I hear people say they have not found the world and life so agreeable or interesting as to be in love with it…I am apt to think they have never been properly alive nor seen with clear vision the world they think so meanly of…”.
The author says it all. I picked up this book in a little Gloucester bookshop a few years ago, but I’ve finally just had a chance to read it in its entirety. What a Joy! It reminded me that the stresses and travails we encounter in our daily lives are so trivial at best, compared to the world we pass by everyday. The author’s recollection of his boyhood on the Argentinian pampas and his adventures with snakes and birds and vizcachas made his words come alive, and I felt I was there with him. A treasure and one I would read to kids who have the gift of spirit in them, and to remind them that all of what he wrote is disappearing.
Zip file of the entire book 271MB
