Clarissa and the Countryman: A Celebration of the Countryside by Clarissa Dickson Wright

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  • ISBN 10 0747232474
  • ISBN 13 9780747232476
  • Published Jan 01 2001
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 192
  • Language English
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Headline

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Clarissa Dickson Wright and her childhood friend, Johnny Scott, care passionately about the countryside but fear that country matters are misunderstood by many people. So, forsaking the kitchen, Clarissa has donned her loden jacket and stout shoes and travelled with Johnny to the four corners of the United Kingdom to tell it how it is. Clarissa, the rich little townie, and Johnny, the country boy complete with his ferret and terrier, used to play under the rolling downs of East Sussex. Forty years later, in a countryside threatened by urban and political misunderstanding - to put it politely - the two friends had an idea to show people the reality. This is the story of how that dream came true. Clarissa (who needs little introduction) and Johnny (hill farmer and country columnist), set off on their journey in an eight-part BBC television series. This book follows the series as Clarissa and Johnny talk to country people about the concerns and pleasures of rural life. Thrill to their battles with the elements, gasp at the drama of forty thousand pink-footed geese overhead against a painted sky or weep at the bravery of a hill ewe lambing in a snowstorm but, in the end, laugh at the sheer fun of it all. Clarissa and the Countryman is neither an apologia nor an argument; it is a celebration of the countryside. It follows the unbreakable thread that runs between farming, conservation and field sports, and will delight and surprise both those who know the country and those who have lost touch with the harshness, beauty and richness of country life.

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