The Crooked Scythe

The Crooked Scythe An Anthology of Oral History

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Publisher's Synopsis

George Ewart Evans, who wrote the classic Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay, was one of the pioneers of oral history. This anthology is drawn from his writings about the memories of men and women of a past era - farm labourers, shepherds, horsemen, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, sailors, fisherman, miners, maltsters, domestic servants and many others. The anthology is edited and includes drawings by David Gentleman.

'A pleasure to look at and a delight to read . . . A treasury of country folklore in words and pictures, and a monument to a great and pioneering man . . . It is right that the past should be heard of in the words of those who lived it . . . Those who actually cut the hay.' Daily Telegraph

Book information

ISBN: 9780571171941
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Pub date:
DEWEY: 942.082
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 202
Weight: 180g
Height: 127mm
Width: 198mm
Spine width: 16mm