Author : Henry Donald
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 1782110844
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (821 download)
Book Synopsis A Bunch Of Sweet Peas by : Henry Donald
Download or read book A Bunch Of Sweet Peas written by Henry Donald and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1911, in the Scottish Border village of Sprouston, the young parish minister wrote to the Daily Mail for entry forms for its sweet pea competition.The top prize was a staggering £1000 and organisers predicted that as many as 15,000 would enter. He could not foretell that the paper's estimate of the number of competitors would be more than doubled, or that a fortnight before the deadline a nation-wide drought would threaten the very existence of the sweet peas he was so painstakingly cultivating. This touching - and beautifully illustrated - tale is based on a true story.