A hundred years on Dartmoor; historical notices on the forest and its purlieus during the nineteenth century (Fifth Editon)
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.06.2019
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
134
Maße (L/B/H)
28/21.6/0.8 cm
Gewicht
358 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5370-606-7
Dartmoor is not empty land. It remembers. In A Hundred Years on Dartmoor, William Crossing listens closely to the moor and sets down what the nineteenth century left behind: names, places, customs, and the human stories that still cling to granite and peat. Drawn together as a historical notices collection, this fifth edition stands as a landmark of Victorian local history and British topographical history, written with the plain authority of someone who knew the ground under his boots. Crossing ranges across nineteenth century Dartmoor and its purlieus, tracing moorland antiquities and monuments alongside rural Devonshire social history: communities at the edge of the forest, changing ways of work and travel, and the deep current of Dartmoor folklore and legend that gives the landscape its distinctive voice. For readers of Devon England regional history, it is immersive and atmospheric; for walkers and enthusiasts of Crossing's guide to Dartmoor, it is context that sharpens every view; for genealogy and family research, it offers a rich sense of place that supports careful local enquiry. It remains a British countryside history classic because it treats Dartmoor as lived history, not backdrop. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.
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