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Magic Peasant

Magic Peasant

by Henry Brewis (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

    $4.22
Synopsis

'Essentially a rural book, an everyday story, in pictures and verse of peasant folk - and in particular a fellow called Sep.' So Brewis introduced this collection of cartoons, an affectionately humorous tribute to hill farmers.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 128
 Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishers International
Published: 2003
ISBN 10: 1903366518
ISBN 13: 9781903366516

Author Bio
Born near Alnwick, Northumberland in 1932, Henry Brewis was one of a clan of farmers in the area. He spent much of his life running a mixed arable and livestock farm at Hartburn, near Morpeth, Northumberland. In the 1970s he began drawing cartoons and writing regularly for farming magazines, including the West Cumberland Farmers Journal, regional NFU journals and Livestock Farming. Booklets of his collected pieces were immensely popular. Farming Press issued the first of Henry's full collections of cartoons in 1983. Funnywayt'mekalivin' was the star attraction of that year's Smithfield Show when Henry signed copies on the Farming Press stand. Henry sold his farm on a lease-back arrangement and began to devote more time to writing and drawing. A small industry grew up around him, with Christmas cards, licensed prints, statuettes, decorated beer mugs, tee-shirts and audio-tapes. He was also in demand as an after-dinner speaker. In his youth Henry had been a keen cricketer, fielding at silly mid-off, and despite many years of illness he continued to enjoy sport, particularly golf. Henry died in 2000 leaving three children and two grandchildren.