JOURNEYS IN THE WILD
Written by Gavin Thurston, the celebrated cameraman behind Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II, and introduced by Sir David Attenborough, this is a candid, often very funny account of a life spent chasing the world's most elusive creatures across its most inhospitable corners. Thurston has spent more than three decades in the field, and it shows. He writes with the easy authority of someone who has genuinely been there: crouched in the dark, waiting, watching, hoping. Prides of lions, silverback gorillas, grey whales, capuchin monkeys, brown bears and penguins all make appearances, each encounter shaped by patience, circumstance and a fair amount of luck. The book is grounded in real events set against the shifting backdrop of recent world history, which gives the personal stories an unexpected weight. What sets it apart, though, is Thurston's willingness to show what the cameras miss as much as what they catch. The quiet moments, the near-misses, the absurdities of remote-location filmmaking. Michael Palin calls it modest and full of humour, Joanna Lumley describes it as gripping and genuinely funny, and readers on Goodreads have praised its warmth, its wit and its quietly affecting honesty. It's a book that rewards curiosity, whether you're a wildlife enthusiast, a fan of the BBC's natural history output, or simply someone who enjoys a well-told story from a life lived rather unusually well.
- Author: Sir David Attenborough
- Publisher: Seven Dials
- Genre: Film & Cinema
- ISBN: 978-1841883113
- Pages: 448 pages