Gamekeeping: An Illustrated History - David S. D. Jones

Gamekeeping: An Illustrated History

Buch | Hardcover
240 Seiten
2014
Quiller Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84689-189-2 (ISBN)
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A fascinating and comprehensive book on the history of gamekeeping from the late seventeenth century until the present time, offering unique insight and an accurate record of gamekeeping in times past.
David Jones has written a fascinating and comprehensive book on the subject of gamekeeping from the inception of the profession in the late seventeenth century to the present day.

He writes about all aspects of gamekeeping with chapters on training, pay, cottages, gamekeepers in wartime, loaders and loading, lady gamekeepers, gamekeeping throughout the UK and Ireland and also overseas, especially in the days of the British empire. There is a fascinating section on the moorland gamekeeper which includes the memories of George Grass of Ramsgill.

Gamekeeping not only contains a large selection of historic illustrations depicting the gamekeeper's work but also draws on oral and written testimonies from gamekeepers, contemporary newspaper cuttings and extracts from historic documents.

With its comprehensive coverage and wealth of stunning illustrations, this book provides a unique insight into gamekeeping and provides an accurate record of gamekeeping in times past, something often neglected by other authors who have painted a much rosier picture of the gamekeeper's life in bygone days, rather than a truthful one based on hard facts.

David S. D. Jones has been an archivist and historian for the National Gamekeepers’ Organisation for over a decade. He is descended from a long line of outdoor servants employed on country estates throughout England and Wales and numbers amongst his ancestors and relatives gamekeepers; hunt servants; gardeners; grooms; woodmen; farm workers; land agents and more. He owns the Gamekeeping Photographic Archive and the David S. D. Jones Photographic Collection.

Foreword by Charles Nodder
Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Gamekeeper

The Gamekeeping Hierarchy
Gamekeeper's Pay and Perks
Gamekeeper Training
The Gamekeeper and his Castle
Game Preservation
Poaching
Pest Control
Game Shooting
Gamekeepers' Cottages
The Gamekeeper Abroad
Gamekeeping in Scotland
Gamekeeping in Ireland
A Country Gentleman's Country Gentleman
Gamekeeping Professional Bodies
The Moorland Gamekeeper: Memories of George Grass of Ramsgill
The Park Keeper
The Lady Gamekeeper: A Rare Bird
Gamekeepers in Wartime
Loaders and Loading
Beaters Past and Present
Game Records

Bibliography, Further Reading, References and Sources
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 17.7.2014
Zusatzinfo 150 Halftones, color
Sprache englisch
Maße 189 x 246 mm
Gewicht 69 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport
Weitere Fachgebiete Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10 1-84689-189-2 / 1846891892
ISBN-13 978-1-84689-189-2 / 9781846891892
Zustand Neuware
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