Combining the anecdotes of the living and the recorded stories of the dead, this book is a study of the professional gamekeeper. The author has also written "Sporting Birds of the British Isles" and is on the editorial staff of "Shooting Times and Country Magazine".As new; Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket 8" x 10.75" pp. 189. Colour illustrations by Philip Murphy, frontispiece by Will Garfit, b/w photographs. Estate life in the twentieth and late nineteenth centuries seen through the eyes of gamekeepers and shoot staff. Many interesting old photographs and illustrations, some of which have never been published before, including engraving capturing the rich heritage of country life before it fades into history.