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Midsummer meadow
256 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1953
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John Moore
24 books4 followersAuthor of the Brensham Trilogy.
John Moore (1907-1967) was a British author and pioneer conservationist. He was born in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire in 1907 and died in Bristol in 1967. His most famous work was Portrait of Elmbury, published in 1945, about life in Tewkesbury in the early 20th century. This work, along with Brensham Village and The Blue Field, formed part of the 'Brensham Trilogy'. Most of his books had a rural setting and long before conservation came to mainstream media attention he wrote about the effect of technological advances on the countryside and rural life.
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John Moore (1907-1967) was a British author and pioneer conservationist. He was born in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire in 1907 and died in Bristol in 1967. His most famous work was Portrait of Elmbury, published in 1945, about life in Tewkesbury in the early 20th century. This work, along with Brensham Village and The Blue Field, formed part of the 'Brensham Trilogy'. Most of his books had a rural setting and long before conservation came to mainstream media attention he wrote about the effect of technological advances on the countryside and rural life.
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
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August 14, 2023
What a lovely little book, I shall treasure finding it at a secondhand book sale, where it's cover caught my eye! Although published in 1953 it could easily have been published yesterday, with it's environmental concerns around a small buttercup that was discovered growing in the Midsummer Meadow, it's last surviving habitat in all of the United Kingdom. The eccentric doctor who owns the meadow has a fight on his hands when progress comes to town in the form of the local Water Board, with their bulldozers, to dredge and widen the small river that meanders through the meadow. Full of all the usual village characters, plus the colourful ragtag members of a small Travelling Fair who camp, in their caravans, on the meadow, this story has all the elements needed for a great story!
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