The definitive biography of beloved author, Roger DeakinRoger Deakin is best known for his modern classic of nature writing, Waterlog, which frog-kicked the wild swimming movement into existence with wit, politics and poetry. But he was not simply a dazzling writer and eccentric Englishman. He took his counterculture to the countryside in the 1970s and rebuilt a 16th century farmhouse from its oak beams up. He turned to self-sufficiency, teaching and environmentalism. He became a music impresario and made films, radio programmes and hundreds of friends from all classes - aristocrats, poachers, actors, builders, musicians, tearaways, from city and from town. He was a polymath, an enthusiast, an adventurer, a romantic and rebel.Patrick Barkham's biography follows Roger Deakin's tree of life, from roots to fruits, revealing the inner life of an extraordinary man.
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ISBN | 9780241471470 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | natural history, Environmentalist thought and ideology, swimming, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Suffolk, SPORTS & RECREATION / Water Sports / Swimming & Diving, Environmentalist thought and ideology, swimming, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Suffolk, Fester Einband |
Verlag | Penguin Books |
Jahr | 20230525 |
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