1st Edition
Close to the Earth Living Social History of the British Isles
Part 1: Out of the Earth 1. The oldest craft 2. The tinners 3. Dying for coal 4. Baddesley miners 5. Working the slate Part 2: Coastal waters 6. Singing the fishing 7. The Great Newlyn Fishing Battle 8. The silver darlings 9. Mending the nets 10. Oysters and crabs 11. Colliers, cockles and coracles 12. The islanders Part 3: On the land 13. A farmer’s wife 14. The little old boys 15. In service – the poacher’s wife 16. The Dartmoor man 17. Brewing in a London village
Biography
Judith Cook was a journalist and author. She had worked for the Guardian, the Birmingham Post, Labour Weekly and Anglia TV. She was a regular contributor to many other publications such as the Observer, the Sunday Times, the New Statesman, Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping.
