Digging for Victory: Gardens and Gardening in Wartime Britain - Hardcover

Way, Twigs; Brown, Mike

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0955272378 ISBN 13: 9780955272370

Verlag: Sabrestorm Publishing, 2010

Über diesen Titel

Reseña del editor:

Beans as bullets', 'Vegetables for Victory' and 'Cloches against Hitler': these slogans convey just how vital gardening and growing food were to the British war effort during the Second World War. Exhorted to 'Grow More Food', then to 'Dig for Victory', Britain's 'allotment army' was soon out in force, growing as many vegetables as possible in suburban allotments, private gardens, even the grounds of stately homes. Richly illustrated with contemporary photographs and ephemera relating to the 'Dig For Victory' campaign, this expertly researched, highly engaging and informative account also includes archive images of home front gardening, garden produce and advertisements.

Biografía del autor:

Twigs Way is a professional garden historian, author and freelance lecturer, whose credits include Channel Four's 'Lost Gardens' and, for Sabrestorm Publishing, the Allotment & Garden Guide: A monthly guide to better wartime gardening". Mike Brown was Head of History in a London School and is an author, broadcaster and authority on the fashions of the forties and fifties. He is the author of 'The 1940s Look', 'The 1950s Look' (Sabrestorm) and has to date written many books on wartime Britain. Mike lives in South London and having retired from teaching now works full-time writing, giving talks and doing research.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Sabrestorm Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0955272378
• ISBN 13: 9780955272370
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 216