Chewing the Cud - Couverture souple

Brewis, Henry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0852362110 ISBN 13 : 9780852362112

Editeur : Old Pond Publishing Ltd, 1990

Synopsis

A collection of humorous verses and cartoons providing an inside view of farming that even the most environmentally conscious town-dweller may not be aware of. The author draws on his lifelong career in farming, spent in the company of "fellow peasants".

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

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.

Présentation de l'éditeur

'The sheep are on the road again, the cows are in the corn, the bank is on the telephone, the pigs are on the lawn. The combine's standing idle and we cannot get it fixed - both m'fortunes and m'farming are best described as mixed'. This title includes cartoons and verses from the master of farming humour.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Old Pond Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0852362110
• ISBN 13: 9780852362112
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Brewis Henry
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible