Since James Herriot first began his practice almost a century ago, new technologies and the changing concerns of animal owners have dramatically altered the veterinarian’s world. Through a kaleidoscope of contrasting portraits, Lee Gutkind introduces an equally impassioned lot of doctors and their sometimes eccentric patients. Animal lovers will love this journey from tony, expensive Manhattan practices to mucky farms, from cutting-edge animal hospitals to zoos and aquatic parks.
The Veterinarian’s Touch
Profiles of Life Among Animals
Reviews
“Vivid portraits of an extraordinary group of doctors.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Gutkind sensitively reveals the many challenges and satisfactions of a noble calling. “
—Diane Ackerman
Other Books By Lee
The Art of Creative Nonfiction
Writing and Selling the Literature of Reality
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
The Complete Guide to Writing Creative Nonfiction—from Memoir to Literary Journalism and Everything in Between
Creative Nonfiction: The Final Issue
The Best of Thirty Years of Creative Nonficiton
Creating Nonfiction
Lessons from the Voice of the Genre