| A Farmer's Life, with a Memoir of the Farmer's Sister Contributor(s): Bourne, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 1473324815 ISBN-13: 9781473324817 Publisher: White Press OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2015 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 210 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This work by George Bourne, a pseudonym of George Sturt, was originally published in 1922. George Sturt ran a wheelwright's shop in the town of Farnham, in Surrey, but was also a keen writer: producing one novel and several other books on English rural life. This particular book is one of his works of non-fiction, focusing on his memories of his uncle, John Smith, an English farmer. Bourne compassionately explores the lot of the farmer, and of rural society as a whole at the turn of the twentieth century. He gives the reader a wonderful insight into the lives of a section of the population that experienced great upheaval at a time when economics and cultural forces were changing the demographic of the English countryside. To compliment the republication of this work, a brand new introductory biography of the author has been added. |