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Villages of the White Horse

Villages of the White Horse

by Alfred Williams (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

    $54.40
Synopsis

An account of the area known as the 'Vale of the White Horse' during the early years of the twentieth century. This book describes the villages in this area through the people who lived in them, ubiquitous rural characters such as the carter, the woodman, the cowman and the innkeeper.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 192
 Publisher: The History Press LTD
Published: 28 Feb 2007
ISBN 10: 1845880617
ISBN 13: 9781845880613

Author Bio
Alfred Williams (1877-1930) left school at 11 and worked as a farm labourer, then spent 23 years as a worker in the Great Western Railways factory in Swindon. At the same time he was determined to educate himself and in 1900 he started a four-year English Literature course in Ruskin Hall, Oxford, teaching himself Latin, Greek and French at the same time. His first publication was Songs in Wiltshire, produced in 1909, and his most influential work, Life in a Railway Factory, was published in 1914 to critical acclaim. Despite ill health he was able to join up during the First World War as a gunner for the Royal Field Artillery and he also served in India. He continued to publish until his death in 1930.