Early to Rise by Hugh Barrett

Early to Rise by Hugh Barrett

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This is a first-hand account of life as a 16-year-old farm pupil in the early 1930s. The author looks back at his experiences as he learned to plough, build a stack, hoe beet and grind the pig food. His accounts of rats and plagues of fleas are factually accurate and told with humour.

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Early to Rise by Hugh Barrett

This is a first-hand account of life as a 16-year-old farm pupil in the early 1930s. The author looks back at his experiences as he learned to plough, build a stack, hoe beet and grind the pig food. His accounts of rats and plagues of fleas are factually accurate and told with humour.
'Hugh Barrett's delightful autobiography has remained to myself and to many East Anglians one of the most truthful and unflinching views of our countryside' Ronald Blythe
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ISBN 13 9781903366165
ISBN 10 190336616X
Title Early to Rise
Author Hugh Barrett
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Fox Chapel Publishers International
Year published 2001-06-15
Number of pages 176
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