The Amateur Poacher - Softcover

Jefferies, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1490309454 ISBN 13: 9781490309453

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

Classic essays by English nature writer Richard Jefferies. From the preface: The following pages are arranged somewhat in the order of time, beginning with the first gun, and attempts at shooting. Then come the fields, the first hills, and woods explored, often without a gun, or any thought of destruction: and next the poachers, and other odd characters observed at their work. Perhaps the idea of shooting with a matchlock, or wheel-lock, might, if put in practice, at least afford some little novelty.

About this title

Book Description:

Richard Jefferies (1848-87) remains one of the most thoughtful and most lyrical writers on the English countryside. The Amateur Poacher is a collection of reminiscences of a rural way of life which by the 1870s was beginning to undergo a period of rapid change.

About the Author:

John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 – 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influence on him and provides the background to all his major works of fiction. For all that, these show a remarkable diversity, including Bevis (1882), a classic children's book, and After London (1885), an early work of science fiction.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1490309454
• ISBN 13: 9781490309453
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 94