Copsford (Paperback)

Walter Murray was a young man tired of living in the city. Early in the 1920s, he persuaded a Sussex farmer to rent him a derelict cottage, which stood alone on a hill, with no running water or electricity. Most of the windows were broken, it was dirty, dark and ran with rats. He bought a brush and pail in the village, forced the rats to retreat, brought in rudimentary furniture. The local postman found him a dog, and with his new companion he began to explore his surroundings. In that year at Copsford he made a living from collecting, drying and selling the herbs he found locally: agrimony, meadow-sweet and yarrow. He became alert to the wildlife and plants around him. His life was hard - he supplemented his income with occasional journalism, but it was here he met his future wife, who he calls The Music Mistress, and with whom he would later found a school. Copsford is an extraordinary book. Bearing comparison to Thoreau's Walden, Murray's intense feeling for his place is evident on every page. It is, though, no simple story of a rural idyll - life at Copsford was hard, and Murray does not shy away from the occasional terrors of a house that had its hauntings. A publishing success when first published in the late 1940s, this new edition has an introduction by Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path.

General

Imprint:	Little Toller Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Nature Classics Library
Release date:	April 2019
Authors:	Walter J.C. Murray
Introduction by:	Raynor Winn
Dimensions:	216 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
ISBN-13:	978-1-908213-70-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Handicrafts > Rural crafts Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > The countryside, country life Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-908213-70-1
Barcode:	9781908213709

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!