The author of this book, a native of South Wales, found himself in the early 1950s living with his family in a remote village in East Anglia, just as mechanization was taking control in every aspect of rural life. He set out to gather a unique testimony to his neighbours' vanishing skills, crafts, speech-forms and folklore. This book is the result.
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The author of this book, a native of South Wales, found himself in the early 1950s living with his family in a remote village in East Anglia, just as mechanization was taking control in every aspect of rural life. He set out to gather a unique testimony to his neighbours' vanishing skills, crafts, speech-forms and folklore. This book is the result.
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Add this copy of The Crooked Scythe: an Anthology of Oral History to cart. $62.04, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Faber & Faber.
