1926 The Dying Peasant and the Future of His Sons

Description

First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

In the publisher's original brown cloth binding with blind stamping.

This edition is an observational social critique of the conditions facing England’s agricultural workers in the early 20th century, the work calls for reform and a reflection on the social and economic forces eroding traditional rural life and the people who survive there. 

John William Robertson Scott (1866–1962) was a journalist, editor, and rural commentator well-known for his writings on the British countryside. He was editor of The Countryman magazine and became a leading advocate for the improvement of rural living conditions, exposing the flaws in the romanticization of the countryside, typical of the period.