Gamekeeper at Home

by Richard Jefferies

*Non-fiction Animals Biography & Autobiography Nature

9 chapters4h 46mEnglish1878

About this book

Richard Jefferies (1848 – 1887) was born and spent his childhood on a farm at Coate,Wiltshire. He joined the ‘Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Standard’ in 1868 and also started to write articles and pamphlets on various agricultural issues and local history topics. He is best known for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. This classic of English nature writing gives an idea of the life of a gamekeeper in southern England in the second half of the nineteenth century. (Summary by AJM)

Chapters (9)

1Ch 1. The Man Himself - His House and Tools

1684

2Ch 2. His Family and Caste

1940

3Ch 3. In the Fields

1867

4Ch 4. His Dominions - The Woods, Meadows and Water

1612

5Ch 5. Some of his Subjects: Dogs, Rabbits 'Mice and Such Small Deer'

2113

6Ch 6. His Enemies: Birds and Beasts of Prey, Trespassers

2088

7Ch 7. Professional Poachers, The Art of Wiring Game

1883

8Ch 8. The Field Detective, Fish Poaching

2127

9Ch 9. Guerilla Warfare, Gun Accidents, Black Sheep

1904

Gamekeeper at Home

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Chapters (9)

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