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Synopsis
With this anthology, follow in the footsteps of the most celebrated writers on the New Forest; including William Gilpin, John R. Wise, and Heywood Sumner, as well as 18th and 19th century diarists and chroniclers such as Daniel Defoe, William Cobbett, and Richard Heath. Among the many contributions on the natural history of the New Forest are writings by the celebrated naturalists W.H. Hudson, and C.J. Cornish, as well as the prolific writer on British woodlands, Francis George Heath. For anyone interested in the complex history and landscape of the New Forest, this anthology will prove fascinating.
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About the Author
Ian McKay is a writer and artist who has been photographing and writing about the New Forest for many years. Previously he wrote on the arts and cultural history, before turning his attention towards the natural beauty and historic importance of the New Forest and its rural scene.
From the Back Cover
There are many guide books that introduce the reader to the pleasures, curiosities and breathtaking beauty of the New Forest, but what of the historical writings that have now fallen out of print or become lost to the archive? - It is in these that we might truly come to understand just how little the Forest has changed (or, if it has, then how).
Though it has become something of a cliché to refer the New Forest's unchanging state, it is no less true that a great portion of it has remained unchanged for hundreds of years. The essays, articles and extracts to be found in this anthology of New Forest writing have been selected precisely to illustrate this point, as well as to bring into circulation again, some of the best writing from the past.
With this anthology, follow in the footsteps of the once most celebrated writers on the New Forest; including William Gilpin, John R. Wise and Heywood Sumner, as well as 18th and 19th century chroniclers such as Daniel Defoe, William Cobbett, and Richard Heath. Among the many contributions on the natural history of the Forest are writings by the celebrated naturalists W. H. Hudson, and C. J. Cornish, as well as the prolific 19th century writer on British woodlands, Francis George Heath. For anyone interested in the complex history and landscape of the New Forest, this anthology will prove fascinating.
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