In a sense all history begins in the soil; and we cannot understand
the development of our own home county or region unless we know
something of the story of its farming. The Farm and the Village
(Faber, 1969) is an introduction to farming as it was carried on in
East Anglia before the large-scale use of self-propelled machines.
Up to roughly the beginning of the twentieth century, the
preparation of the land, the sowing of the seed and the harvesting
of the corn had not changed to any great extent since the time of
the Romans. George Ewart Evans, in addition to investigating the
usual sources, listened to the memories of many men and women who
were brought up under the old system of farming, taking them as
authentic historical records. From them we learn how farming
supported and bound together the people of the village into a
community. Imaginatively illustrated with integrated photographs
and black and white line drawings, this is the fourth book in the
author's classic series about the farm and the old farming
community in East Anglia. The Farm and the Village was written
primarily for younger readers, but adult devotees of his earlier
works will also find much to enjoy.
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