The author of this book found himself, in 1950, living 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 testimony to his neighbours' vanishing skills, crafts, speech-forms and folklore. This book is the result.
The Crooked Scythe by George Ewart Evans c1993 First Edition
£17.95Price
Title: The Crooked Scythe
Author: George Ewart Evans
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication Date: 1993 First Edition
Format: HardbackCondition: Green covers in very good condition. The dust jacket has some creasing to top edge and has been price clipped. Pages are very clean with lots of pencil drawn illustrations.
Book measures 22cm x 14cm with 201 pages.