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The Crooked Scythe: An Anthology of Oral History

The Crooked Scythe: An Anthology of Oral History

by David Gentleman (Illustrator), George Ewart Evans (Author), George Ewart Evans (Author), David Gentleman (Illustrator)

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    Paperback 1994

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This is a collection of country folklore in words and pictures - an anthology of oral history by the author of The Strength of the Hills and The Horse in the Furrow.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 01 Aug 1994
ISBN 10: 057117194X
ISBN 13: 9780571171941
Book Overview: The Crooked Scythe: An Anthology of Oral History, by George Ewart Evans - author of the classic Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay - draws from his writings about the memories of men and women from a past era.

Author Bio
Born in the mining town of Abercynon, South Wales, George Ewart Evans (1909-88) was a pioneering oral historian. In 1948 he settled with his family in Blaxhall, Suffolk, and through conversing with his neighbours he developed an interest in their dialect and the aspects of rural life which they described. Many were agricultural labourers, born before the turn of the century, who had worked on farms before the arrival of mechanisation. With the assistance of a tape recorder he collected oral evidence of the dialect, rural customs, traditions and folklore throughout East Anglia, and this work, reinforced by documental research, provided the background for his renowned East Anglian books.