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Lost Wisdom: A Celebration of Traditional Knowledge from Foraging and Festivals to Seafring and Smoke Signals


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Lost Wisdom: A Celebration of Traditional Knowledge from Foraging and Festivals to Seafring and Smoke Signals

Contributors:

By (Author) Paul Jenner
By (author) Una McGovern

ISBN:

9780550100320

Publisher:

John Murray Press

Imprint:

Chambers

Publication Date:

1st January 2011

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

390

Physical Properties

Number of Pages:

384

Dimensions:

Width 147mm, Height 189mm, Spine 20mm

Weight:

628g

Description

Lost Wisdom is a celebration of the time-honoured wisdom upon which we all once relied. It draws on folklore, tradition and superstition, and is packed with amusing anecdotes and historical extracts which illuminate the beliefs and knowledge of our ancestors. It brings to life the wisdom and practical skills that helped generation after generation, only becoming lost with the advent of mechanization and the technological age.

Lost Wisdom is a beautiful book that will once more immerse you in the pleasures of the past.

Author Bio

Una McGovern is a freelance editor and writer, with books on a wide range of subjects to her name. She spent many years making regular forays from Edinburgh to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, before a return to rural Devon brought with it the opportunity to develop an organic kitchen garden, complete with traditional breed chickens. She now lives with her partner in a small Dartmoor town.

Paul Jenner is a writer and journalist specializing in lifestyle subjects. He lives with his partner, three horses, two dogs and two sheep in the foothills of the Spanish Pyrenees, where, when he s not working, he enjoys hiking, riding, cycling, sailing, swimming, diving and snowboarding.

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