Just before the First World War destroyed a generation and divided Europe for almost a century, a farmer in a remote part of Aberdeenshire sat down at the age for forty-three to write his thoughts on how to live a good life. Mitchell had a clear, fresh and effective prose style in Standard English, and was well placed to record the values of his time and his individual take on them. His is now a voice from the past that demands our attention, not necessarily to emulate it but to encourage us to consider what we have lost and what we have gained. The main casualty of the coming war would be optimism we have never properly regained.
- ISBN10 1908251395
- ISBN13 9781908251398
- Publish Date 19 May 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Vagabond Voices
- Format eBook
- Language English