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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Clor Heywood was a man of all seasons totally at one with nature whether it was farming harbour- ing the deer or birds-nesting. He was a crack shot could plough a straight furrow (set up by driving to his handkerchief tied in the hedge) build a wall or lay a hedge with the best of them. Born in 1905 the story of Hector’s life really begins with his forbears Exmoor farmers on both sides of his family. He was heavily influenced in his formative years by his uncle Ernest Bawden the famous huntsman of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds. Hector was a strong man and possessed of an iron will. He knew no fear in galloping the moor going down a cliff face on a rope end or up the most difficult of trees to climb. Yet according to the psychother apist Tim Williams Hector became a troubled man from the age of seven because of his involvement in his brother’s tragic death. This led on to becoming a difficult man to live with before and after his marriage. One can only have great admiration for his long- suffering wife Joan born into the purple of commerce but who after marrying Hector in 1940 led a life of trial and no little hardship. In this perceptive biography of an extra- ordinary countryman both hugely talented and staggeringly awkward Hector’s son Bruce Heywood paints an honest yet sympathetic portrait of his father and of the host of colourful characters who touched Hector’s life. Anyone with an interest in Exmoor in particular or English country life in the twentieth century in general will be fascinated by the story of this cussed yet ultimately intriguing character