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Synopsis
The sound of the bell is the sound of the world's past. The people of medieval towns and cities rose, ate, prayed and retired to the ringing, jingling, pealing of bells.
Bells are a part of the world's present, too. Electric alarms wake late sleepers. Electronic bells call out classroom changes and clocks still ring in the hours and the New Year all over the world.
As the author comments, 'Where men and their civilisations have flourished, bells flourished, their voices touching all fields of human endeavour'.
In this refreshing book, Jane Yolen expertly combines information on bells with tales about them from different cultures and periods. Legends and stories add colour to the passages describing the long history of bells and their uses in times of war - and peace. The importance of bells in religion is stressed, especially the part they have always played in man's great rituals celebrating birth, marriage and death.
Factual chapters give information on how bells are made and how they are struck in the art of change ringing and the book concludes with a charming chapter of poetry and song inspired by bells.
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- PublisherEvans Brothers
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0237448750
- ISBN 13 9780237448752
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages128
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Ring out! a book of bells
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ISBN 10: 0237448750
ISBN 13: 9780237448752
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Richard Cufari (illustrator). 1st Edition. In this refreshing book Jane Yolen combines information on bells with tales about them from different cultures and times. There are also factual chapters on how bells are made and how they are struck in the art of change ringing. 128ppinc bibliography and index. Drawings by Richard Cuffari.23.5cm x 17cn Very Good to near Fine in Very Good pictorial dustwrapper [spine is not sunned as black lettering is still clear]. Seller Inventory # 003736
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ISBN 13: 9780237448752
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