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The Gamekeeper at Home - Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life - cover

The Gamekeeper at Home - Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life

Richard Jefferies

Publisher: Good Press

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Summary

"The Gamekeeper at Home" is an absorbing work about hunting sports and rural life. Anyone delighted by country stories can find a medium that will appeal to their needs in this work.
Excerpt
"THOSE who delight in roaming about amongst the fields and lanes, or have spent any time in a country house, can hardly have failed to notice the custodian of the woods and covers, or to observe that he is often something of a 'character.' The Gamekeeper forms, indeed, so prominent a figure in rural life as almost to demand some biographical record of his work and ways."
Available since: 12/03/2019.
Print length: 200 pages.

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