Watership Down (1972. 2001)[Watership Down #1]

First published in 1972, Richard Adam's extraordinary bestseller Watership Down takes us to a world we have never truly seen: to the remarkable life that teems in the fields, forests, and riverbanks, far beyond our cities and towns. It is a powerful saga of courage, leadership, and survival; and epic tale of a hardy band of Berkshire rabbits forced to flee the destruction of their fragile community and their trials and triumphs in the face of extraordinary adversity as they pursue a glorious dream called "home". xv xx-xvi The Journey The Notice Board The Chief Rabbit Hazel's Decision The Departure In the Woods The Story of the Blessing of El-ahrairah The Lendry and the River The Crossing The Crow and the Beanfield The Road and the Common Hard Going The Stranger in the Field Hospitality "Like Trees in November" The Story of the King's Lettuce Silverweed The Shining Wire On Watership Down Watership Down Fear in the Dark A Honeycomb and a Mouse "For El-ahrairah to Cry" The Story of the Trial of El-ahrairah Kehaar Nuthanger Farm The Raid Fiver Beyond "You Can't Imagine It Unless You've Been There" At The Foot of the Hill Return and Departure Efrafa A New Journey The Story of El-ahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inlé Across the Iron Road The Great River General Woundwort Groping Approaching Thunder The Thunder Builds Up The Thunder Breaks Hazel-Rah The Bridges The Way Back The Story of Rowsby Woof and the Fairy Wogdog News at Sunset The Great Patrol A Message from El-ahrairah Nuthanger Farm Again Bigwig Stands His Ground The Sky Suspended Dea ex Machina Hazel Comes Home And Last 474 477 481 483 *Watership Down* is the compelling tale of a group of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—soon to be a BBC and Netflix animated miniseries starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, and Oscar and Grammy award-winning Sir Ben Kingsley. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for more than forty years, Richard Adams's *Watership Down* is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society. An allegorical tale of survival about a band of wild rabbits who leave their ancestral home to build a more humane society chronicles their adventures as they search for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits searching for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace In a constant struggle against oppression, a group of rabbits search for peaceful co-existence