A Shepherd's Life

W H Hudson author Howard Phipps illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Little Toller Books

Published:10th Oct '10

Should be back in stock very soon

A Shepherd's Life cover

Through the story of one man, Caleb Bawcombe, a shepherd whose flocks graze the Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset borders, we meet men and women of humble birth - poachers, gypsies, farmers and laborers - striving to survive on the land. As we read, the cumulative affect of their stories becomes much more than a record of rural life. It reads like a lost hymn, sung by people whose lives were disregarded and whose histories are now forgotten. W H Hudson's masterful book, merging fiction, reminiscence, memoir and oral history, was recognized as a classic when it was first published in 1910. It remains so today. First published by Methuen & Co.

ISBN: 9780956254573

Dimensions: 212mm x 156mm x 22mm

Weight: unknown

256 pages