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Published by Boydell Press/ Waveney Publications. Woodbridge, Suffolk. 1974., 1981
ISBN 10: 0851150462ISBN 13: 9780851150468
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
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Seago, Edward (illustrator) (illustrator). (Hardcover, 1974). (1935) 1981 reprint. 8vo (157 x 225mm). Ppxvi,182. B/w illustrations by Edward Seago. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight spotting to top edge, else very good in dust-wrapper. Fred Rolfe was the 'King of the Norfolk Poachers'. From the time when, as a child, he went to prison and the tread-mill for snaring a rabbit, he lived "agin the law." Rolfe began poaching in boyhood and, despite trying other jobs, including gamekeeping, continued his illegal career with increasing relish. He wrote I Walked by Night in old age, recording the lives of many tough, fascinating characters struggling to survive in an era of rural hardship. .