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A green and pleasant land : how England's gardeners fought the Second World War / Ursula Buchan.
Van Pelt Library SB320.8.G7 B83 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buchan, Ursula.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vegetable gardening--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Vegetable gardening.
- World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hutchinson, 2013.
- Contents:
- 1 The Scene is Set 5
- 2 What Happens Now? 26
- 3 Dig for Victory! 44
- 4 Women and Children Go to It 84
- 5 Groundwork 110
- 6 Talking of Scarlet-Veined Beet 133
- 7 The Old Order Changeth 159
- 8 Far Messier and Different 187
- 9 A Refreshment of the Spirit of Man 205
- 10 Gardening Behind the Wire 223
- 11 Animals in the Back Garden 237
- 12 Fiercely Stirring Cauldrons 249
- 13 Keeping On Keeping On 275.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-338) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0091944155
- OCLC:
- 819519181
- Publisher Number:
- 99954786442
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