Yesterday's Farm: A Taste of Rural Life from the Past

by ValeriePorter (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $4.52

  This book offers a retrospective look at farming life within living memory and beyond, celebrating a quintessential rural existence.It is warm and nostalgic but also honest about the hardships of life and the great changes the countryside has seen in the last 100 or so years.It is peppered with personal stories and recollections to give readers a real sense of the joys and tribulations of farming life.It is illustrated with a treasury of old photographs, some from unpublished collections, allowing a special glimpse into the worlds of real people for whom farming was a way of life.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2006

  $3.28

  This book takes a retrospective look at farming life within living memory, celebrating a quintessential rural existence. It is not only warm and nostalgic, but also honest about the hardships of life and the great changes the countryside has been in the last 100 years. It is peppered with personal stories and recollections, and illustrated with a treasury of old photographs, from unpublished collections.