The Wheelwright's Shop (Canto original series)
Editorial Reviews
Review
'... a classic ... Mr Sturt's masterpiece. A delightfully urbane and informing book, full of valuable material for the social historian and a sheer pleasure to read.' New Statesman
'It shows in the author a combination of the gifts of a handicraftsman, the actual maker of things, with the powers of a writer, in a way not common in English literature.' The Times Literary Supplement
Book Description
George Sturt's frank and moving account of his trade as a wheelwright in the late nineteenth century offers a unique glimpse into the working lives of craftsmen in a world since banished by technology. The wheelwright's shop where he entered business had been operating for two centuries; this chronicle, first published in 1923, is a poignant record of that tradition, written as it was passing into history. E. P. Thompson's new foreword acclaims the significance of Sturt's engaging narrative as a vital document in the history of labour at the turn of the century. '... a classic ... Mr Sturt's masterpiece. A delightfully urbane and informing book, full of valuable material for the social historian and a sheer pleasure to read.' New Statesman 'It shows in the author a combination of the gifts of a handicraftsman, the actual maker of things, with the powers of a writer, in a way not common in English literature.' The Times Literary Supplement
The Wheelwright's Shop (Canto original series),George Sturt,E. P. Thompson,Cambridge University Press,0521447720,Carriage and wagon making,English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,General,History,History - General History,History: World,Manufacturing (Specific Aspects),Reference,Technical & Manufacturing Trades,British & Irish history,British Isles,Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,Literary studies: general
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