Horse Power and Magic

Informationen zum Autor Born in the mining town of Abercynon, South Wales, George Ewart Evans (1909-88) was a pioneering oral historian. In 1948 he settled with his family in Blaxhall, Suffolk, and through conversing with his neighbours he developed an interest in their dialect and the aspects of rural life which they described. Many were agricultural labourers, born before the turn of the century, who had worked on farms before the arrival of mechanisation. With the assistance of a tape recorder he collected oral evidence of the dialect, rural customs, traditions and folklore throughout East Anglia, and this work, reinforced by documental research, provided the background for his renowned East Anglian books. Klappentext It was assumed in 1950s that horses would soon disappear from the farms. It later became clear that this forecast was too pessimistic. Written by an oral historian who began to record the farming ways of East Anglia by listening to old men and women! this book describes important farms where horses continued to be used more than 30 years later. Zusammenfassung The pioneering oral historian, George Ewart Evans, began to record the farming ways of East Anglia in the 1950s by listening to old men and women whose memories went back more than fifty or sixty years.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: George Ewart Evans, EVANS GEORGE EWART
• Con la collaborazione di: George Evans Ewart (Editore), Evan Ewart (Editore), Evans Ewart (Editore)
• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 22.10.2008
• EAN: 9780571246649
• ISBN: 978-0-571-24664-9
• Pagine: 248
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Natura > Allevamento amatoriale; Narrativa > Romanzi; The countryside, country life: general interest, The countryside, country life, Faber Finds; Farming; Folklore; Horses; Rural