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Buy this book on-line SMITH, VIAN: : THE WIND BLOWS FREE. [Author SIGNED.]LONDON.PETER DAVIES,1968. ISBN 0043215101X
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Colour pictorial,wrap-around illustrated dw/dj by Michael Wittlesea; with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creasing to edges,minisculely rubbed to top corners with miniscule loss,and minisculely rubbed also,to bottom corners - no other nicks or tears present.Top edge slightly dust- soiled and lightly foxed/spotted,fore-edge lightly aged and foxed to a lesser degree; contents bright,tight and unfoxed.
Unblemished,plain green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white front endpapers with no off-set foxing from dw/dj's inner flaps,though rear endpapers again with no off-set foxing,are minimally spotted.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-255pp includes half- title+title pages and 20 chapters.
A hundred and thirty years ago on Dartmoor,in the name of new methods and of creating prosperity out of wilderness, Lord Cochrane legally enclosed great stretches of the moor for his estate,land which for generations had been used by the local people for their livelihood.
Unlike the rest who accept this dispossession for the sake of employment, one commoner,Coldrick - cruel,brave, determined - stands out alone,without house,land or stock,without support from any but his son,Joseph,and Millie,his daughter-in-law.
Remarkable both for its historical insight,realism and vivid characters,the story of Coldrick's battle for the right to exist on his own terms holds the reader irresistibly to the last page.Coldrick's is indeed the eternal struggle of courageous humanity and successive generations.Interestingly,this West Country author was highly regarded in the US,and Boston University have been collecting his manuscripts since 1965.The BBC had commissioned him to write a play on the theme of this novel.This edition now out-of-print as publisher ceased publishing in 1985.
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