Author: EVANS, GEORGE EWART
Title: Horse Power and Magic
Description: London: Faber and Faber, 1979. First Edition (?). Hard Cover. ISBN: 0571113486. Hard cover is brown cloth with gold lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with 22 b/w photographs and some b/w drawings. "....30 years ago, began to record the farming ways of East Anglia by listening to old men and women whose memories went back more than fifty or sixty years. It was assumed in the late 1950s that horses would soon disappear from the farms, and that this was the last chance of recording the part they had played for centuries...become clear that this forecast was too pessimistic...also discovered that the traditions of the older horsemen have not died out but have been passed on...to a younger generation now becoming active and keen to farm with horses. He describes vividly the ways of horse-tamers whose skills had a touch of 'magic' about them". 2 appendices; bibliography; index. Scarce title. ; B&W Illustrations; 5 1/2 x 8 3/4; 222 pages; Cover has slight shelf wear. DJ has shelf wear, minor chipping,1/2" x 1/4" curved piece missing from front; rubbing/scuffing, small crease at bottom of front flap; in a mylar cover.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

Keywords: 0571113486 Draft Horses; Farming History; Agricultural History; British History; Horse Breeds; English History; Folk Lore; Cultural Anthropology; Cultural History; Women/Womens' History Cultural History Animals European History History Geography English/B