Results for: books tagged ‘Oral History’
The Crooked Scythe: George Ewart Evans
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 ... More
From Mouths of Men: George Ewart Evans
From Mouths of Men (Faber, 1976) is the culmination of George Ewart Evans’s studies in oral history. It rounds off and complements the author’s previous book, The Days That We ... More
The Days that We Have Seen: George Ewart Evans
George Ewart Evans’s pioneer work in oral history has been widely acclaimed; the importance of this source of historical knowledge has long been recognized both in this country and the ... More
Stones of Aran: Tim Robinson
Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage is, as Robert Macfarlane says in his introduction, ‘one of the most sustained, intensive and imaginative studies of a place that has ever been carried out’. ... More
A Sleepwalk on the Severn: Alice Oswald
A specially commissioned work for the 2009 festival of the Severn, inspired by moonrise. More
The England's Dreaming Tapes: Jon Savage
The full, uncut retelling of the sensational story behind the cultural moment that was punk and its defining band, the Sex Pistols. More
Farmer's Glory: A.G. Street
Farmer's Glory was first published in 1932. It was A. G. Street's first book and remains his most famous. In his own modest words 'This book is simply an attempt ... More
Starlust: Fred Vermorel
‘I go in my bedroom and lie on my bed and soon as I set eyes on Nick it’s like magic ...’ (Alison, 14)Starlust is a stunning oral history of ... More
The Book of Boswell: Silvester Gordon Boswell
Famous for his venturesome spirit and advocacy of a self-supporting existence, John Seymour was thus a natural and sympathetic editor for this remarkable book, first published in 1970, which offers ... More