Title: The hired lad
Description: The author relives his time as a young farmworker on a Stirlingshire farm after the Second World War.  Told with humour, the story tells of escapades and problems as he strives for a foothold on the farming ladder.
Subjects: Agricultural laborers, Agriculture, Biography, Farm life, History, Childhood and youth, Large type books, Country life, Social life and customs, Manners and customs
Places: Scotland, Stirlingshire, Stirlingshire (Scotland)
People: Ian Campbell Thomson
Time periods: 20th century