Sold out
More about the book
Country life in every aspect has changed dramatically within living memory. This lovely book invites the reader to explore what has happened to our farms, villages, lanes and hedgerows in more detail than ever before. The author reveals the everyday lives of the country community - both the hardships and the pleasures - to give a complete picture of our grandparents and their forefathers as they worked on and with the land. The fragile future of the countryside rests in our hands - this fascinating book reminds us to take care of it.
Book purchase
Yesterday's Countryside, Valerie Porter
- Language
- Released
- 2000
- product-detail.submit-box.info.binding
- (Hardcover)
We’ll email you as soon as we track it down.
Payment methods
We’re missing your review here.
- Title
- Yesterday's Countryside
- Subtitle
- Country Life As It Really Was
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Valerie Porter
- Publisher
- David & Charles
- Released
- 2000
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 319
- ISBN10
- 0715309684
- ISBN13
- 9780715309681
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, Children's Books, Nature, Travel, 20th century, Picture Books, Europe, Professional Literature, Great Britain, Travelling, Nature Observation, Social History
- Rating
- 3 out of 5
- Description
- Country life in every aspect has changed dramatically within living memory. This lovely book invites the reader to explore what has happened to our farms, villages, lanes and hedgerows in more detail than ever before. The author reveals the everyday lives of the country community - both the hardships and the pleasures - to give a complete picture of our grandparents and their forefathers as they worked on and with the land. The fragile future of the countryside rests in our hands - this fascinating book reminds us to take care of it.