The book , by Verlyn Klinkenborg , a member of the editorial board of The New York Times , is autobiographical , a tortoise 's account of its abduction from the Turkish coast , its transportation to England and its final journey to domicile in the garden of the naturalist Gilbert White of Selborne .
Gilbert White
Selborne
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PERSON
Verlyn Klinkenborg
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The New York Times
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England
PERSON
Gilbert White
LOCATION
Selborne