A Countryman's Year by John Humphreys
Join the dusty bustle of a threshing gang with steam engine and elevator, while the sheaves fly lightly into the maw of the drum. Come down to the marshes and hear the dry swish of scythes cutting the thatching reeds. Watch the hedge trimmer at work and meet the eel catcher with his wriggling harvest. See the falconer practise skills which were old even when Edward the Confessor was on the throne and dance at a horkey to celebrate the harvest home. This text celebrates the natural world and the old timers who lived in harmony with it. Share in their secret: in the way that the countryside inspired the human spirit where our modern lifestyle fails.
John Humphreys has written the popular 'Country Gun' column in Shooting Times for many years, and twenty books on fieldsports and country ways, including Poachers' Tales for David & Charles. He trains gun dogs, runs a lowlands shoot, chases grouse in Yorkshire and geese in Scotland, and fishes for trout and carp on his own little reserve in Cambridgeshire. Hunter's Fen, which won a Laurent-Perrier conservation award in 1991. The paintings and drawings of John Paley have been widely exhibited both in the UK and abroad, and he has illustrated a number of books. He lives in Norfolk.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780715315262 |
| ISBN 10 | 0715315269 |
| Title | A Countryman's Year |
| Author | John Humphreys |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | David & Charles |
| Year published | 2003-09-29 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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