I Bought a Mountain: The Rediscovered Nature Classic

By: Thomas Firbank

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Synopsis: WITH A FOREWORD BY PATRICK BARKHAMAnd an essay by Welsh hill farmer, Dafydd Morris-Jones'I first saw Dyffryn in a November gale... the old house was quivering under the thrusts of the wind, and the wild, remote setting had already captured my fancy, and I will hold it till I die.'So begins the remarkable story of a 21-year-old man who, with no experience in agriculture, visited a sheep farm on a near barren Welsh mountainside in 1931 and that same day bought all 2,400 acres along with its 3000 sheep for £5,000.Set amidst the rugged grandeur of Snowdonia, I Bought a Mountain follows the struggles and triumphs of this impulsive but hard-working man and his every-bit-as-tough wife, Esme, as they fight to build the farm into prosperity.Firbank's writing is guileless and immediate and ruthlessly honest. His paean to the traditional, Welsh hill-farming way of life, transports you to a disappearing world, one ruled by the age-old rhythms of work, weather, livestock and a love of the land, and offers precious insights into conservation and sustainability.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 223 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781780725574
Related ISBNs:: 9781780725604
Publisher:: Short Books
Date of Addition:: 12/01/22
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Adult content:: No
Language:: English
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Categories:: Nonfiction, Animals, Biographies and Memoirs, Cooking, Food and Wine, Technology, Social Studies
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