Gwen hen hardcover

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Author Lesie Crawford, Leslie and Stangl (Author), Sonja Stangl (Author) Publisher Stone Pier Press Release date 20181019 Pages 40 ISBN 0-9988623-2-0 ISBN 13 978-0-9988623-2-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A stunning debut in the tradition of Robert Macfarlane and Helen Macdonald Of all the birds of the British Isles, the raptor reigns supreme, sparking the imagination like no other. In this magnificent hymn to these beautiful animals, James Macdonald Lockhart explores all fifteen breeding birds of prey on these shores - from the hen harrier swimming over the land in the dregs of a May gale on Orkney, to the ghostly sparrowhawk displaying in the fields around his home in Warwickshire. This is a book that will change how we think of our own skies. Features Summary A stunning debut in the tradition of Robert Macfarlane and Helen Macdonald Author James Macdonald Lockhart Publisher Fourth Estate Release date 20160211 Pages 376 ISBN 0-00-745987-4 ISBN 13 978-0-00-745987-2

Subtitle: The Story of the SAWAS Author: Gwen Hewitt Publisher: Gwen Hewitt (1947) Condition: Good. The DJ has minor wear and tear along the edges and corners with slight water and handling stains. The boards and spine are creased and faded on the edges. Interior: the paste-downs, front-free end papers and title page are slightly water damaged (wrinkled). Binding not perfectly straight. Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket Pages: 173 Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.1 x 1.2 cm +++ by Gwen Hewitt +++ The backroom girls or the Cinderellas, these descriptions have been given to the SAWAS, because the work they did during the War was the kind of work that nobody else wanted to do. Cinderella in the fairy tale married the prince, but the majority of Cinderellas jus go on with their little jobs, and never see the limelight. They get no medals or decorations. But the comfort they gave is cherished, a warm shining light, in the minds of many thousand of people, whose job, now the was is won, is to live, and to bring up their children to live, decent kindly lives as good citizens. Much of the impetus for this sort of living came through the self acrificing work of the SAWAS. Their leaven may be unobtrusive, but it works, and through its work South Africa is everlastingly enriched.