Author : George Locke
Publisher : Univ of Hertfordshire Press
ISBN 13 : 1907396896
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (73 download)
Book Synopsis Big Louie and Me by : George Locke
Download or read book Big Louie and Me written by George Locke and published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the author s great-grandmother s affair with a Gypsy boy in 1869, this warmhearted memoir chronicles the Gypsy life in a very close-knit community in the UK's Black Country. From a lifetime teeming with incident, George Locke shares the best stories from the old days, including run-ins with the police, gamekeepers, and Gypsy-haters, as well as his fond memories of his grandmother, Big Louie, who smoked a pipe from the age of three and had ancient knowledge of healing plants. A nostalgic and wry account of a way of life no longer to be found in rural England, this book is full of lore, quick wit, and, above all, a solid belief in family."