{"product_id":"a-farmers-life-with-a-memoir-of-the-farmers-sister-paperback-9781108025256","title":"A Farmer's Life; With a Memoir of the Farmer's Sister (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108025256","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Farmer's Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith a Memoir of the Farmer's Sister\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe unusual and descriptive biography of a rural nineteenth-century English farmer, first published in 1922.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge Sturt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108025256, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 November 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e218 pages, 6 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.28 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeorge Sturt (1863–1927) was a British wheelwright and writer who usually wrote under the pen-name George Bourne. A native of Surrey, he inherited his father's workshop in the rural village of Bourne, near Farnborough, in 1894. He began to record the daily lives and recollections of his rural family and acquaintances, which he published towards the end of his life. First published in 1922, this volume contains Sturt's unique biography of his uncle, farmer John Smith. Sturt bases his account of his uncle's life around Smith's anecdotes and recollections as recounted him during the last years of Smith's life. This unusual structure provides a lively, intimate account of the life of a farmer in rural England during the nineteenth century. Through Smith's recollections and Sturt's own memories, Sturt sensitively describes the domestic life, work and farming methods of a now vanished way of life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Welsh cattle\u003cbr\u003e 2. Dog-traction\u003cbr\u003e 3. The country flavour\u003cbr\u003e 4. Tramps\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Smith'\u003cbr\u003e 6. Surface water\u003cbr\u003e 7. Obstinacy\u003cbr\u003e 8. Oddities\u003cbr\u003e 9. Farnborough recalled\u003cbr\u003e 10. Two harvester\u003cbr\u003e 11. The bachelors\u003cbr\u003e 12. At the farm\u003cbr\u003e 13. Chiefly thatching\u003cbr\u003e 14. Retiring\u003cbr\u003e 15. Retirement\u003cbr\u003e 16. Mr. Smith's chatter\u003cbr\u003e 17. More chatter\u003cbr\u003e 18. Ebbing power\u003cbr\u003e 19. A rally. 1: Mr. Smith's manner\u003cbr\u003e 20. A rally. 2: Conversation\u003cbr\u003e 21. Collapse\u003cbr\u003e 22. Souvenirs\u003cbr\u003e Ann Smith\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909222818072,"sku":"9781108025256","price":25.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108025256i.jpg?v=1694873351","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-farmers-life-with-a-memoir-of-the-farmers-sister-paperback-9781108025256","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}