1897 THE LIFE STORY OF JOHN BUCKLEY VILLAGE POLITICIAN

A
VILLAGE POLITICIAN
THE LIFE STORY
 OF
JOHN BUCKLEY

EDITED BY J. C. BUCKMASTER
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
THE RIGHT HON. A. J. MUNDELLA, M.P.

Born in 1820 in a village on the Buckinghamshire Bedfordshire border, John Buckmaster grew up among agricultural labourers and small farmers at a critical time of England's economic and social history. In this autobiography he gives an account of his harsh childhood and of his experiences as an agricultural labourer, carpentry worker, political agent for the Anti-Corn Law League and eventually as a full-time professional teacher.
This work a detailed description of the social, religious and political life of the English rural working class in the early nineteenth century.

334 Pages in total

Condition
Original publishers cloth binding with gilt lettered title to spine, a solid binding with slight wear etc to spine, browning to endpapers, pages are clean, all complete.
Handwritten signature on half title page : Geo R Tweedie.

Size is 7½ by 5 inches.

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