BROADLAND ADVENTURE. By J. Wentworth Day.
1951 1st edition. Large 8vo (158 x 237mm). Pp189. B/w photographs, map. Binding A. Green cloth, spine & upper board titled in gilt.
Tales of wildfowling and natural history, folk-lore and social history from Eastern Norfolk, including stories of giant pike and eels. "He is at his best, perhaps, in describing the exhilarations of strenuous days spent with a gun, rabbiting, it may be, on the sandhills, or out on the marshes in search of the wildfowl with which Broadland abounds. Lovers of Broadland, and, indeed, of all that is best and truest in the English character and the English land, will find Mr Day the perfect guide to this 'ancient corner of the older England'."
Tales of wildfowling and natural history, folk-lore and social history from Eastern Norfolk, including stories of giant pike and eels. "He is at his best, perhaps, in describing the exhilarations of strenuous days spent with a gun, rabbiting, it may be, on the sandhills, or out on the marshes in search of the wildfowl with which Broadland abounds. Lovers of Broadland, and, indeed, of all that is best and truest in the English character and the English land, will find Mr Day the perfect guide to this 'ancient corner of the older England'."
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33123
| Author | Day (James Wentworth). (1899-1983). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 33123 |
| ISBN | B0000CI0TP. |
| Book Description | End-papers browned, mark to front end-paper. Good-plus in neatly tape-repaired dust-wrapper. 18s net. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1951 |
| Publisher | Country Life. |
| Place | London. |