We have seen innumerable animal memoirs from veterinarians, horse trainers, dog lovers, and cat fanciers, but the stories of animals and their owners by James Herriot—based on his decades of experience as a vet in rural Yorkshire—are unsurpassed for their wit and warmth. If you have ever loved an animal, or a human for that matter, these books will touch your heart.

Newly married, James Herriot sojourns through the remote hillside farms and valley towns of the Yorkshire Dales, caring for their inhabitants—the two-legged as well as the four. Originally published in Britain as two books—Let Sleeping Vets Lie (1973) and Vet in Harness (1974)— this sequel to All Creatures Great and Small again reveals Herriot's love of life in portraits of his many varied animal patients and their owners.