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    English PastoralJames Rebanks

    English Pastoral

    James Rebanks · 2020

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    1recommend
    2mentions
    2people
    2021years
    50% recommend50% neutral

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    1. railtonMay 2021
      I've read both and think English Pastoral is marginally better.

      Less sheep, more general farming stuff and stronger narrative of old-school farming with his grandfather to modern industrialised then to present where he's doing more regenerative agriculture.

      You can get a signed copy from his local Lake District bookshop btw: https://www.samreadbooks.co.uk/product/EnglishPastoral/2244

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    2. nkurzMay 2021
      For those looking for a longer form than Twitter, his first book is great: The Shepherd's Life: Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape (https://www.amazon.com/Shepherds-Life-Dispatches-Ancient-Lan...).

      Rebanks also has a new one out last year, but I haven't read it yet: English Pastoral (https://www.amazon.com/English-Pastoral/dp/0241245729). Anyone have opinions?

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