Inspirational books

[Will Wilson]

I read a lot of books.

I recently read the Biography of Sydney Kidman, its called 'The Cattle King' I thoroughly recommend it to anyone.

He puts modern 'entrepreneurs to shame'.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6139384-the-cattle-king

Anyone else like to suggest similar books that might be worth a go?

Will

 

[wasted years]

'Danny the champion of the world', since I read it I haven't been able to stop stealing pheasant's.

 

[tinsheet]

Not ag related
Lance Armstrong
It's not about the bike, my journey back to life.
Well it was,

 

[Cranman]

'Crusoe of Lonesome Lake'

 

[Beef farmer]

The cattle king isn't brilliant. A real legacy, that will never be replicated.

 

[AF Salers]

On the smell of an oily rag - John Cherrington, is a fantastic read

 

[jackrussell101]

Farmers Glory by A G Street

 

[Man_in_black]

Please don't go John hartson.

 

[capfits]

The hungry caterpillar, least for the kids;-)

 

[FidgetC15]

I'll second On the Smell of an Oily Rag. Fantastic read.

 

[Anonymous...]

Not ag but a really good read, jupiters travels by Ted Simon

 

[Danllan]

'Brendon Chase' by BB (Denys Watkins Pitchford).

I think it the best book for boys ever written. Read it when I was ten, it very probably set me on course for life. Still read it and enjoy the beautiful writing as well as the story.

 

[Henarar]

How not to make millions but still enjoy a rich rural life, by @Old McDonald

 

[Blue.]

Anything by James Herriot,well it was inspirational to me as an 8 year old.

I've only read one book since I left school,I'd still sooner read a user manual and learn.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Has anyone read Small is Beautiful Vintage Schumacher

 

[Happy]

Not a huge fan of his Politics but Alan Johnson's autobiography is one of the best books I've read in recent years.
A very moving and inspirational read.

 

[Ball acre]

The Amateur Commandos by Raymond Foxall. I've just finished it. You couldn't make it up, makes you realise how brave men could be. In a madcap kind of way.

 

[DRC]

Bought it on a whim, as he was at the Ludlow food festival, but John Challis (boycie from fools and horses fame), autobiography called Boycie and beyond, has been a very good read. So much more to the bloke than meets the eye!

 

[Welsh Farmer]

Enid Blytons ... The Land of far Beyond (1942) which was a sort of children's version of .... Johns Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress (1678). Both these books have been inspirational in my life, the first one in my early childhood and Bunyans in my late teens / early 20's.

 

[Will Wilson]

Thank you for some excellent replies. - lining them up on the kindle now.

Forgot to add - Adrian Mole (s) (best books written in the last 100 years).