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Wheelstocks and Ploughshares

- A Country Apprentice in the 1900s

Om Wheelstocks and Ploughshares

Abey Staughton is apprenticed to the 'guvnor', a wheelwright and carpenter in Nether Oldston, a small village in rural Oxfordshire in the years before the First World War. He depicts the incidents of his daily life in a rural community: falling asleep after haymaking and cider, with Eva who adored him and Sally who was serious about him, which led to trouble; his turn as chariot driver, to rescue Sally from a bull; and his varied work with farm stock, timber and the tools of the trade, as gradually he absorbs the skills of a carpenter and wheelwright.A vivid depiction of how life was in rural England in the years leading up to and during the first world war.First published in 1988 by Tabb House, 7 Church Street, Padstow, Cornwall, PL28 8BG, UK, this edition is reproduced with their kind permission (Original ISBN 0 90701863 7)

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781521445136
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 188
  • Utgitt:
  • 31. mai 2004
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 152x229x11 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 281 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: 2-4 uker
Forventet levering: 13. desember 2024

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Abey Staughton is apprenticed to the 'guvnor', a wheelwright and carpenter in Nether Oldston, a small village in rural Oxfordshire in the years before the First World War. He depicts the incidents of his daily life in a rural community: falling asleep after haymaking and cider, with Eva who adored him and Sally who was serious about him, which led to trouble; his turn as chariot driver, to rescue Sally from a bull; and his varied work with farm stock, timber and the tools of the trade, as gradually he absorbs the skills of a carpenter and wheelwright.A vivid depiction of how life was in rural England in the years leading up to and during the first world war.First published in 1988 by Tabb House, 7 Church Street, Padstow, Cornwall, PL28 8BG, UK, this edition is reproduced with their kind permission (Original ISBN 0 90701863 7)

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