Author: EVANS, GEORGE EWART.
Title: The Crooked Scythe. An Anthology of Oral History.
Description: London: Faber and Faber, 1993. 0571167004. 1st edition. An anthology of excerpts from the writings of one of the pioneers of oral history. "Living deep in East Anglia in the 1950s, just as mechanization was taking over in every aspecxt of rural life, he gathered this unique testimony to his neighbours' vanishing skills, crafts, speech rhythms and folk beliefs (including the secrets of the Suffolk horsemen)." Pp.xxii/202, edited and with drawings by David Gentleman. Green boards, dustwrapper has minor wear to top edge. VG/VG.

Keywords: George Ewart Evans Crooked Scythe Anthology Oral History East Anglia Suffolk Blaxhallshepherd Childhood Rural Life Bees Agriculture Ploughing Harvest David Gentleman Horse Windmills War Herring 51901 East Anglia


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