George Sturt (1863–1927) was a British wheelwright and writer who usually wrote under the pen-name George Bourne. A native of Surrey, he inherited his father's workshop in the rural village of Bourne, near Farnborough, in 1894. He began to record the daily lives and recollections of his rural family and acquaintances, which he published towards the end of his life. First published in 1922, this volume contains Sturt's unique biography of his uncle, farmer John Smith. Sturt bases his account of his uncle's life around Smith's anecdotes and recollections as recounted him during the last years of Smith's life. This unusual structure provides a lively, intimate account of the life of a farmer in rural England during the nineteenth century. Through Smith's recollections and Sturt's own memories, Sturt sensitively describes the domestic life, work and farming methods of a now vanished way of life.
| ISBN: | 9781108025256 |
| Publication date: | 18th November 2010 |
| Author: | George Sturt |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 218 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history |