Early to Rise, A Suffolk morning

Agricultural life in Suffolk in the 1930s

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First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 20.5 × 13.5cm, 169pp.

An authentic first-hand account of what it was to be working as a pupil on a Suffolk farm in the early 1930s. Early to Rise shows a Cobbett-like relishnfor the English countryside and characters. Stuffed full of incidents and stories—sometmes funny, sometimes tragic, the detailed accuracy of description makes this a warm but unsentimental document of an era which has gone forever.

Condition

The book is in good plus condition, with some foxing to the pages' top edge but otherwise clean. The dustwrapper has been neatly price-clipped and worn to the edges.