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Alas Poor Johnny

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Author : Buster Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2015-03-26

Alas Poor Johnny written by Buster Johnson and has been published by Troubador Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In 1951 Buster Johnson moved from Surrey to Exmoor with her husband Johnny, four children, a couple of dogs and a vanload of pigs and poultry. Naturally gregarious, she exchanges a life of domestic servants and bridge parties for a remote and spartan existence at West Nethercote, a farm in the heart of Exmoor national park. Alas Poor Johnny, written some ten years later, is her vivid and fascinating account of their life there, and of farming on Exmoor in the fifties, told with a strong sense of drama and of the absurd. The void left by her lost cultural and social pursuits becomes filled by the minutiae of everyday life, and by her husband Johnny and their four children. Above all, it is filled by the animals. These take the place of absent friends in her affections, their personalities permeating the book. There is a small but strong supporting cast, including busybody Mrs Stevens at the next door farm; Arthur the ex-cowman who moves with them from Surrey; SRN Tommie, the butt of an aggressive ram - and Alby the rabbit catcher, who plays the mouth organ and dances wild dances, enchanting the children. Finally, threading through all this with a glint of steel, is Johnny. He is her antithesis; strong and undemonstrative, generally preferring animals to people. Their relationship is the heart of the book. Alas Poor Johnny is a first-hand account of life on a farm in the 1950s, written at the time but reading with the freshness of the present. It will appeal to anyone, whether interested in Exmoor and old farming practices, a lover of the countryside and of animals, or just wanting to cheer themselves up with a good story, well told. It is a delight to read, hugely funny and, at times, touching. Buster and Johnny spent the rest of their lives at Nethercote. She died in 1987, without ever publishing her book. Her daughter Birdie, who herself lived there for many years, has now done so on her behalf. Boris Johnson, Buster's grandson, has written a foreword.

Tracts For The Christian Seasons

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1849

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Tracts For The Christian Seasons

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Author : Christian seasons
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1849

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Stepsons Of Light

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Author : Eugene Rhodes
language : en
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2017-09-05

Stepsons Of Light written by Eugene Rhodes and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-05 with Fiction categories.

We Think The World Of You

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Author : J. R. Ackerley
language : en
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Release Date : 2012-10-31

We Think The World Of You written by J. R. Ackerley and has been published by New York Review of Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-31 with Fiction categories.

We Think the World of You combines acute social realism and dark fantasy, and was described by J.R. Ackerley as “a fairy tale for adults.” Frank, the narrator, is a middle-aged civil servant, intelligent, acerbic, self-righteous, angry. He is in love with Johnny, a young, married, working-class man with a sweetly easygoing nature. When Johnny is sent to prison for committing a petty theft, Frank gets caught up in a struggle with Johnny’s wife and parents for access to him. Their struggle finds a strange focus in Johnny’s dog—a beautiful but neglected German shepherd named Evie. And it is she, in the end, who becomes the improbable and undeniable guardian of Frank’s inner world.

A Fatal Error Or The Vyviannes

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Author : J. MASTERMAN (pseud. [i.e. Victoria Baker, afterwards Rybot.])
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1869

A Fatal Error Or The Vyviannes written by J. MASTERMAN (pseud. [i.e. Victoria Baker, afterwards Rybot.]) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1869 with categories.

"A blue print on the steps that must be taken to make America great again."--Page viii.

Autobiography

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Author : William Jerdan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1853

Autobiography written by William Jerdan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1853 with categories.

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