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E. W. Martin (1912–2005)

Author of The Secret People: English Village Life after 1750

12 Works 25 Members 1 Review

About the Author

Includes the names: Martin Ew, Ernest Walter Martin

Works by E. W. Martin

The Secret People: English Village Life after 1750 (1955) 4 copies

The shearers and the shorn : a study of life in a Devon community (1965) 4 copies

The Countryman's Chap-Book 3 copies

Country life in England (1967) 3 copies

Dartmoor (Regional books) (1958) 3 copies

Where London ends : English provincial life after 1750, being an account of the English country town and the lives,… (1958) 2 copies

The New Spirit (1946) 1 copy

The book of the village. 1 copy

The Book of the Country Town 1 copy

The tyranny of the majority 1 copy

A Wanderer in the West Country (1951) 1 copy

The case against hunting (1959) 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Martin, Ernest Walter
Birthdate: 1912-05-31
Date of death: 2005-04-14
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Shebbear, Devon, England, UK
Place of death: Halwill, Devon, England, UK
Places of residence: Black Torrington, Devon, England, UK
Education: Shebbear College
Occupations: historian
Organizations: Workers' Educational Association
Society of Friends
Awards and honors: Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Leverhulme Fellowship

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The countryman's chap-book by E. W. Martin

Gorgeous woodcuts for each chapter.

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Works: 12
Members: 25
Popularity: #508,561
Rating: ½ 3.5

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 2

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