Download or read book The Real James Herriot written by Jim Wight and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000-10-26 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one is better placed to write the biography of Alf Wight, alias James Herriot, than the son who worked alongside him in the veterinary practice during the time that James Herriot became a bestselling author. In this warm and often poignant memoir Jim Wight writes of a man who, despite his huge success as a writer, remained unchanged by wealth and fame; an essentially private person whose family had to share him with his millions of fans throughout the world.