Weight | 0.413 kg |
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Dimensions | 214 × 158 × 21 mm |
ISBN | 9781908213556 |
Cover | Paperback |
Publication Year | 2017 |
Publisher | Little Toller Books |
£15.00
Farmer’s Glory
First published in 1932 and written in simple, direct prose, Farmer’s Glory is a portrait of a farming life in southern England and in western Canada, and is a model of the genre: warm and humorous as well as an astute and unflinching account of the hardships of a farming life. Introduced, in this new, edition by James Rebanks, bestselling author of The Shepherd’s Life.
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