Author: Lilias Margitson Rider HAGGARDPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
I Walked by Night. Being the Life & History of the King of the Norfolk Poachers, Written by Himself. Edited by Lilias Rider Haggard. Illustrated by Edward Seago. (Cheap Edition.).
Author: Lilias Margitson Rider HAGGARDPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
I Walked by Night. Being the Life and History of the King of the Norfolk Poachers, Written by Himself. Edited by Lilias Rider Haggard. Illustrated by Edward Seago
Author: Lilias Margitson Rider HAGGARDPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
I Walked by Night
Author: Fred RolfePublisher: COCH Y BONDDU BOOKS
ISBN: 9781904784227
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Fred Rolfe was the 'King of the Norfolk Poachers.' From the time when, as a child, he went to prison and the tread-mill for snaring a rabbit, he lived "agin the law." Rolfe began poaching in boyhood and, despite trying other jobs, including gamekeeping, continued his illegal career with increasing relish. He wrote I Walked by Night in old age, recording the lives of many tough, fascinating characters struggling to survive in an era of rural hardship. Originally published in 1935. This is a new high quality paperback edition published in 2009 by Coch-y-Bonddu Books, Machynlleth.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
I Walked by Night - Being the Life and History of the King of the Norfolk Poachers
Author: Lilias Rider HaggardPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447489780
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
'I Walked by Night - Being the Life and History of the King of the Norfolk Poachers' by Lilias Rider Haggard. This is Haggard's brilliant view of poaching life from both sides of the fence. His unadulterated tales of the not too distant past may shock the 21st century reader with its slaughtering of anything that moved! This is an essential book for anyone with a romantic view of the English countryside and it's not too distant past.
I Walked by Night
Author: Lilias Rider HaggardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poaching
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Rabbit Skin Cap: A Tale of a Norfolk Countryman's Youth, Written in His Old Age
Author: George BaldryPublisher: COCH Y BONDDU BOOKS
ISBN: 9781904784234
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The Rabbit Skin Cap tells the story of George Baldry, a resourceful and practical countryman, a shoemaker and a poacher. It is a fascinating account of old Norfolk, its extraordinary characters and how they survived the deprivations of the nineteenth century East Anglian countryside. A classic of the English countryside. First published in 1939. This is an attractive new high quality paperback edition produced by Coch-y-Bonddu Books, Machynlleth.
King of the Norfolk Poachers, The: His Life and Times
Author: Charlotte PatonPublisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1913618080
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
In the early 1930s an elderly mole catcher became the subject of one of East Anglia's best-loved tales of country life: "I Walked by Night". Over sixty years later, Norfolk writer Charlotte Paton became fascinated by this man and set out to find the truth about him, beginning with his name: Frederick Rolfe. Charlotte conducted exhaustive research provide a vibrant account with plenty of social history. This book is the biography of a difficult man who could inspire devotion but came to a tragic end.
The King of the Norfolk Poachers: His Life and Times
Author: Charlotte PatonPublisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1905523890
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
In the early 1930s an elderly mole catcher became the subject of one of East Anglia's best-loved tales of country life: "I Walked by Night". Over sixty years later, Norfolk writer Charlotte Paton became fascinated by this man and set out to find the truth about him, beginning with his name: Frederick Rolfe. Charlotte conducted exhaustive research provide a vibrant account with plenty of social history. This book is the biography of a difficult man who could inspire devotion but came to a tragic end.
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description