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The Last English Poachers (Paperback)
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The Last English Poachers (Paperback)
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List price R241
Loot Price R203
Discovery Miles 2 030
You Save R38 (16%)
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In deepest Gloucestershire a secret way of life is clinging to a
fragile existence. This is the world of the last English poachers -
men who have lived off the land, taking game from the big country
estates, risking the wrath of gamekeepers in order to feed their
families and make a modest livelihood. Bob and Brian Tovey are
poachers of the old stripe: a father and son of 75 and 50 years old
respectively, who are continuing their ancestors' traditions,
reluctant to surrender the old ways of sourcing food from nature.
Writer John McDonald has obtained unique access to the men's lives
and histories, and tells their fascinating story in their own
words. The book is filled with anecdotes both moving and hilarious,
as their sense of self-preservation, mistrust of outsiders and
suspicions of modern technology express themselves in daily life.
It is set against the backdrop of country sports as they used to be
- and colourfully explains the shoots, the once-legal coursing
meets, the centuries' old techniques of lamping, ferreting and
netting and, of course, how the poachers outwit the keepers and
police and escape with their quarry. It is a genuine, colourful and
offbeat chronicle that documents rural life from a whole new
perspective and a sense of humour.
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