The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake District

Rebanks, James

ISBN 10: 1846148545 / ISBN 13: 9781846148545

Verlag: Allen Lane, 2015

8vo cloth pp xviii+293 bw photos VG/G+ Memoir of farm life, with a student stay at Oxford. Fine text. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7035

Inhaltsangabe:

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Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't. The first son of a shepherd, who was the first son of a shepherd himself, he and his family have lived and worked in and around the Lake District for generations. Their way of life is ordered by the seasons and the work they demand, and has been for hundreds of years. A Viking would understand the work they do: sending the sheep to the fells in the summer and making the hay; the autumn fairs where the flocks are replenished; the gruelling toil of winter when the sheep must be kept alive, and the light-headedness that comes with spring, as the lambs are born and the sheep get ready to return to the fells.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: James Rebanks is a shepherd based in the Lake District. His first book, The Shepherd's Life, won The Lakeland Book of the Year 2015 and was shortlisted for both The Wainwright Prize and the Ondaatje Prize. Also known as the Herdwick Shepherd, his Twitter account of daily life in the Lakes has a strong international following. His family have lived and farmed in the Lake District for six hundred years.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Shepherd's Life: A Tale of the Lake ...
Verlag: Allen Lane
Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
Einband: Hardcover
Illustrator: Illus. With Photos
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good
Auflage: 1st Edition