The Opening Country

The Opening Country

Author: John Micklewright

Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd

Published: 2021-02-28

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1800461275

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In this journey of discovery, John Micklewright travels the slow way, on foot, on paths, tracks and byways from the Channel to the Alps – from the coast of Normandy to the flanks of Mont Blanc. The Opening Country is a beautifully written account of his progress through the French countryside, an evocative patchwork of landscape, nature, history, literature, film, and – drawing on his father’s diaries that stretch back to the 1930s – of memoir. Always curious, absorbing all around him, ready on a whim to divert from his chosen route as he heads unhurriedly southwards. The natural world unfolds as spring turns to summer with surprises of bird song and butterflies, against a constant background of reminders of the economic and social story of rural France and of wars past. The result is an engrossing record of a classic long-distance walk through Britain’s nearest continental neighbour. The Opening Country is a book to fire the imagination – a call to travel slowly, to open eyes and ears, to discover and explore.


The Preacher of Cedar Mountain: A Tale of the Open Country

The Preacher of Cedar Mountain: A Tale of the Open Country

Author: Ernest Thompson Seton

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2018-08-29

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1528781481

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“The Preacher of Cedar Mountain” Is a 1917 novel by Ernest Thompson Seton that tells the wonderful story of Jim Hartigan, an extremely good horseman who becomes a preacher to fulfil his mother's dream for him. The majority of the story concerns his various travails and vicissitudes along the road to realising this dream. A masterwork of classic fiction, this volume will appeal to fans of vintage American literature and it is not to be missed by those who have read and enjoyed other works by this author. Ernest Thompson Seton (1860 – 1946) was an English-born Canadian author and wildlife artist who founded the Woodcraft Indians in 1902. He was also among the founding members of the Boy Scouts of America, established in 1910. He wrote profusely on this subject, the most notable of his scouting literature including “The Birch Bark Roll” and the “Boy Scout Handbook”. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.


Diets of Families in the Open Country

Diets of Families in the Open Country

Author: Sadye Frances Adelson

Publisher:

Published: 1950

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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This report is concerned with the nutritional quality of the diets of farm and nonfarm families living in the open country in a county in central Georgia and another in southern Ohio. Information for the report was collected in a survey made in the early summer of 1945; but data on food consumption and diet quality represent that season but the data on income refer to a 12-month period between January 1, 1944, and June 30, 1945.


Open Country, Iowa

Open Country, Iowa

Author: Deborah Fink

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1986-10-31

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781438402802

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Open Country, Iowa links anthropology and history in a woman's perspective on the changing social patterns of rural Iowa communities. Using life stories which she has collected, Deborah Fink explores the experiences of today's women. She traces them to past influences, beginning with the time of the first settlers, and shows how family, religion, and work have changed over the years. Her interpretation of social patterns as determined by the history of national politics, economics, kinship, and community culture, call into question some common understandings about the traditional role of women and about changes initiated by World War II.


Book of Field & Roadside

Book of Field & Roadside

Author: John Eastman

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2003-02-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0811740196

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A guide to plant life in open dryland habitats. Fascinating fact and folklore. Detailed, beautiful drawings.