Corduroy

Informationen zum Autor Adrian Bell (1901-1980) was born in Lancashire! grew up in London! and was educated at Uppingham School which he hated. His father! news editor of the Observer! was a republican and a socialist and had no truck with university education. His son was to do something useful; in 1920 he went to East Anglia to work as a farm apprentice. He subsequently became a farmer himself. These experiences provide the material for his famous rural trilogy! Corduroy! Silver Ley and The Cherry Tree. In total he wrote over twenty-five books! he also set the first Times in 1930 and continued to devise crosswords for the paper for the next thirty years. Klappentext Adrian Bell (1901-1980) was born in Lancashire and grew up in London but wished for a life in the open air. In 1920 he apprenticed himself to a West Suffolk farmer! an experience that would inspire him to farm on his own. This book tells his story. Zusammenfassung Adrian Bell (1901-1980) was born in Lancashire and grew up in London but wished for a life in the open air. In 1920 he apprenticed himself to a West Suffolk farmer, an experience that would inspire him to farm on his own. This book tells his story.

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Bell, BELL ADRIAN
• Assisted by: Adrian Bell (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.2008
• EAN: 9780571240838
• ISBN: 978-0-571-24083-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Series: A rural trilogy; A rural trilogy
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; NATURE / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, The countryside, country life: general interest, Social and cultural history, The countryside, country life, Countryside; Faber Finds; Farming; Rural, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs