A Countryman's Year - Hardcover

Humphreys, John; Paley, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0715302701 ISBN 13: 9780715302705

Publisher: David & Charles, 1996

Synopsis

A celebration of the countryside as seen through the eyes of John Humphreys. The book gives the reader the chance to join the dusty bustle of a threshing gang with steam engine and elevator, watch the hedge trimmer at work, and meet the eel catcher with his wriggling harvest.

About this title

About the Author:

John Humphreys has written the popular 'Country Gun' column in Shooting Times for many years, and twenty books on fieldsports and country ways, including Poachers' Tales for David & Charles. He trains gun dogs, runs a lowlands shoot, chases grouse in Yorkshire and geese in Scotland, and fishes for trout and carp on his own little reserve in Cambridgeshire. Hunter's Fen, which won a Laurent-Perrier conservation award in 1991. The paintings and drawings of John Paley have been widely exhibited both in the UK and abroad, and he has illustrated a number of books. He lives in Norfolk.

About this edition

• Publisher: David & Charles
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0715302701
• ISBN 13: 9780715302705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160