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GOWER GLEANINGS

by H.M. Tucker

Illustrated by E. Ernest Morgan

Published by The Gower Society. 1st. 1951

Very good condition. A collection of essays originally conceived as a small contribution to the folk history of West Gower, but later its scope was widened to include certain geological and archaeological aspects, as well as recent history. Published for the 1951 Festival. Grey cloth spine, cream paper boards with brown title to front. B/w illustrations and maps. 90 pages.

Light page browning. Name & address in ink to front endpaper. Text block browned.

Stock no. 1814561

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Contents

  • Preface
  • This Gower
  • Cream Puffs and 'Clevvy Places'
  • Seed-Time and Harvest
  • Yuletide Festivities
  • Sea Fever
  • Saints and Sinners
  • The Salthouse Story
  • 'Bumbaguse' and Bevans
  • Loitering Waters
  • Cavemen and cormorants
  • Tradition Slips the traces
  • Wreckers' Coast
  • Dragon Ships and Dollars
  • Moidores and Choughs
  • Landscape for Burning
  • Millstones and Megaliths
  • Winter Harvest
  • Rustic Relaxations
  • Blinkers on the Moon
  • Mutton Pies and 'Minka'
  • Lifeboat Days
  • Lobster Lore
  • Profile of a Parish
  • Nostalgia Origins and Destinies
  • Glossary

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