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The Drovers Shirley Toulson

The Drovers By Shirley Toulson

The Drovers by Shirley Toulson


$13.39
Condition - Very Good
6 in stock

Summary

Before vehicular transport, cattle and other animals were required to walk long distances in vast herds supervised by Drovers. This book describes the animals and outlines the routes they followed.

The Drovers Summary

The Drovers by Shirley Toulson

In a bygone age when few people travelled far from their homes and almost any journey was an adventure the drovers regularly made the long perilous trip from the Scottish highlands and islands or from the Welsh mountains to the south-east of England. They brought vast herds of cattle from the hill farms of the north and west to the markets of London and other towns. Sheep, pigs, geese and turkeys were also driven to the towns. In this book the author tells of these hardworking and resourceful men and of the dangers and hardhsips they faced. She describes the animals they drove and the way they conducted their business, and outlines some of the routes they followed, as well as indicating features of the countryside which may reveal the passage of drovers through an area in times past.

About Shirley Toulson

Shirley Toulson has been writing books on the social history of the countryside since 1974. She is a leading authority on ancient tracks and drove roads and is the author of 'The Drovers' Roads of Wales' and 'The Drovers Roads of South Wales'.

Additional information

GOR001207441
9780747806301
0747806306
The Drovers by Shirley Toulson
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20050301
56
N/A
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