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I Bought a Mountain by Thomas Firbank (2022, Hardcover)

WITH A FOREWORD BY PATRICK BARKHAM And an essay by Welsh hill farmer, Dafydd Morris-Jones 'One of the great no-holds-barred life-adventures in the wilds of the British landscape.' ADAM NICOLSON Written on the eve of the Second World War, this memoir tells the remarkable story of how 21-year-old Thomas Firbank decided on impulse to purchase a 2,400-acre hill farm in the rugged, inhospitable mountains of Snowdonia, and how he and his wife struggled to build it back into prosperity. The book became an international bestseller, selling over half-a-million copies worldwide and pioneered the genre of 'good life' rural escape literature. This new edition is introduced with a foreword by the award-winning nature writer, Patrick Barkham, and includes an afterword by contemporary Welsh sheep farmer, Dafydd Morris-Jones. I Bought a Mountain is a thrilling human tale of tragedy and triumph, as well as a portrait of a lost era when farming was a communal endeavour, offering precious insights into conservation and sustainability relevant for today.

Book Title
I Bought a Mountain
Author
Thomas Firbank
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Europe / Great Britain / General, Essays
Publication Year
2022
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Nature, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages

Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Da740.S6
Reviews
There's nothing so fine as courage,' Thomas Firbank writes in I Bought a Mountain and that is the motto of the book: challenge after challenge faced, suffered and, in part anyway, relished for its stimulus. One of the great no-holds-barred life-adventures in the wilds of the British landscape. Every page is alive with the presence of the Welsh mountains and and their people, every chapter with the insistent, often beautiful, often savage realities of the natural world.
Lccn
2022-435960
Dewey Decimal
914.29/2
Dewey Edition
18

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