Our Land at War: A Portrait of Rural Britain 1939?45

Hart-Davis, Duff

ISBN 10: 0007516533 / ISBN 13: 9780007516537

Published by William Collins, 2015

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Light shelf wear to extremities.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Our Land at War: A Portrait of Rural Britain 1939?45
• Publisher: William Collins
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0007516533
• ISBN 13: 9780007516537
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 28 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • 20TH CENTURY HISTORY

About this title

Synopsis

Duff Hart-Davis examines how, in farms and villages, forestry land and country estates, the 'old ways' of Britain's countryside were challenged by the demands of war. As well as the profound impact of the need to grow more food and the loss of workforce as young men enlisted, the book examines the effects of the new role of women, the Land Girls and Lumber Jills, the requisition of land and houses, and the arrival of evacuees, Americans and prisoners of war.

About the Author

DUFF HART-DAVIShas written and edited over fifty books on a wide variety of subjects, including eight adventure novels. He has ghosted numerous military memoirs, as well as Chris Ryan's first two bestselling novels. He worked on theSunday Telegraphas Literary Editor and feature writer and as a columnist for theIndependent. Together with his wife, Phyllida, he now lives on the Cotswold escarpment.