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Our Forgotten Years : a Gypsy Woman's Life on the Road.
Maggie Smith-Bendell was born on the edge of a pea field near Bridgwater in Somerset in 1941. She and her family are Romani Gypsies and as she grew up Maggie learned the old crafts and customs of the Gypsies' traditional way of life. Her family travelled the length and breadth of the countrysid...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hatfield :
University of Hertfordshire Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Chapter One: My Family; Chapter Two: A Fearful Winter; Chapter Three: The War Years; Chapter Four: Snowdrop Woods; Chapter Five: Wild Daffodils; Chapter Six: The Old Granny; Chapter Seven: The Swine's Jump Road; Chapter Eight: Pea-Picking Time; Chapter Nine: The Prince Lane; Chapter Ten: Dad's Magic Flowers; Chapter Eleven: The Hop Gardens; Chapter Twelve: Lenard's Dilemma; Chapter Thirteen: School Days; Chapter Fourteen: The Squatters' Hut; Chapter Fifteen: On the Road Again; Chapter Sixteen: Death in the Family; Chapter Seventeen: Saying Farewell; Chapter Eighteen: Little Jess.
- Chapter Nineteen: On to Devonshire; Chapter Twenty: A Family Reunion; Chapter Twenty-one: Village Life; Chapter Twenty-two: Planning Permission; Chapter Twenty-three: Growing Up; Chapter Twenty-four: A New Life; Chapter Twenty-five: Romani Rights; Chapter Twenty-six: The 'Land Grab'; Chapter Twenty-seven: Organising Change; Chapter Twenty-eight: The Work Goes On; Chapter Twenty-nine: Our Forgotten Years; Photo Album; Culture, Cus.