The Crooked Scythe: An Anthology of Oral History - Softcover

Evans, George Ewart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 057117194X ISBN 13: 9780571171941

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 1995

Synopsis

George Ewart Evans, who wrote the classic Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay, was one of the pioneers of oral history. This anthology is drawn from his writings about the memories of men and women of a past era - farm labourers, shepherds, horsemen, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, sailors, fishermen, miners, maltsters, domestic servants and many others.

About this title

About the Author:

Born in the mining town of Abercynon, South Wales, George Ewart Evans (1909-88) was a pioneering oral historian. In 1948 he settled with his family in Blaxhall, Suffolk, and through conversing with his neighbours he developed an interest in their dialect and the aspects of rural life which they described. Many were agricultural labourers, born before the turn of the century, who had worked on farms before the arrival of mechanisation. With the assistance of a tape recorder he collected oral evidence of the dialect, rural customs, traditions and folklore throughout East Anglia, and this work, reinforced by documental research, provided the background for his renowned East Anglian books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 057117194X
• ISBN 13: 9780571171941
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Illustrator: Gentleman David