All Hands to the Harvest by Martin Wainwright

All Hands to the Harvest by Martin Wainwright

The twentieth century saw two world wars and countless other conflicts whose effects on society have been well documented. Here you will find the less familiar story of how these international struggles managed to reach into the quietest corners of the British countryside. From Battle of Britain vapor trails looping over summer cornfields and affecting local hawks and waterfowl to the lone ringed bird who limped in from invaded Czechoslovakia, diarists note down and discuss the momentous changes wrought by wars on British country life. Women and children fetching in the harvest as their menfolk fight in Flanders. Italian prisoners of war singing opera in Herefordshire orchards. Mobilizing the Women's Institute to make jam for the war effort. Beautifully written and subtly observed, these rediscovered treasures reveal how for all its soft beauty, Britain's rural landscape has been shaped, in part, by man at war with man.

Martin Wainwright in Northern Editor of the Guardian and a regular broadcaster. He has edited two previous collections of the Guardian Country Diary and is the author of The Guardian Book of April Fool's Day and Morris Minor - the Biography.

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ISBN 13	9780852651216
ISBN 10	085265121X
Titel	All Hands to the Harvest
Autor	Martin Wainwright
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Guardian Books
Erscheinungsjahr	2005-03-04
Seitenanzahl	256
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.