The Hired Lad
Ian Campbell Thomson relives his time as a young farmworker on a Stirlingshire farm after the Second World War. It is a touching coming-of-age tale: we see the author make new friends and romances while finding his own way in a changing world. He describes the passing of age-old country ways, as technology begins to replace traditional farming methods. The book is dedicated to Donald and Blossom, the magnificent pair of Clydesdale horses with which he ploughed, until the sad day when they were replaced by a smart Fordson tractor. Of those early times he writes: 'I often wondered how far I walked in a day behind the plough. My guess was somewh…
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- ISBN: 978-0-85790-883-4
- EAN: 9780857908834
- Produktnummer: 17568179
- Verlag: Birlinn
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 180 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'008 KB
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