At The Wash Of Oysters
By: John Kemp; Drawings by Barry Pearce
Publisher: Sailtrust
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Maldon, Essex
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Essex; Marshland; Rural Life
Genres: Fiction
First sentence: "LONG AGO," the elder brother said, "when there was still land all across there and no North Sea, the First Little Men came toddling over from the continent and settled here in marshland.
Description: Part fiction, part fictionalised biography. This book is about the lives of people in rural Essex - mostly set in the early part of the 20th century.
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Table of contents: title: A Window In Marshland; title: The Wash Of Oysters; title: A Rather Unusual Remedy; title: Blight Of The Railway; title: The Prenticing Of Job Handley; title: Lottie's Big Day; title: The Red Indian Princess; title: Blind Alf; title: The Intruder From Michigan; title: Pestilence; title: No Ill Wind; title: Strict And Particular; title: The Boy From Away; title: Lemonie; title: The Percy-phone; title: The Cloak Of Saint Martin; title: Three-O-Three; title: Gloriana; title: Ned's First Command; title: Our Marshland Cathedral; title: The Recall Of Herbie Kite; title: The End Of Fred Cudby