The Magic Peasant - Softcover

Brewis, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0852361629 ISBN 13: 9780852361627

Publisher: Old Pond Publishing Ltd, 1986

Synopsis

This is a collection of 99 cartoons and 21 verses portraying the life of Sep the peasant farmer, his wife Gladys, and their "cerebrally challenged" sheepdog Sweep.

About this title

About the Author

Born near Alnwick, Northumberland in 1932, Henry Brewis was one of a clan of farmers in the area. He spent much of his life running a mixed arable and livestock farm at Hartburn, near Morpeth, Northumberland. In the 1970s he began drawing cartoons and writing regularly for farming magazines, including the West Cumberland Farmers Journal, regional NFU journals and Livestock Farming. Booklets of his collected pieces were immensely popular. Farming Press issued the first of Henry's full collections of cartoons in 1983. Funnywayt'mekalivin' was the star attraction of that year's Smithfield Show when Henry signed copies on the Farming Press stand. Henry sold his farm on a lease-back arrangement and began to devote more time to writing and drawing. A small industry grew up around him, with Christmas cards, licensed prints, statuettes, decorated beer mugs, tee-shirts and audio-tapes. He was also in demand as an after-dinner speaker. In his youth Henry had been a keen cricketer, fielding at silly mid-off, and despite many years of illness he continued to enjoy sport, particularly golf. Henry died in 2000 leaving three children and two grandchildren.

Edition details

• Publisher: Old Pond Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852361629
• ISBN 13: 9780852361627
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Brewis Henry
• Number of pages: 128