A green and pleasant land
how England's gardeners fought the Second World War
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Word Count
89,500 words, Guess
Page Count
358 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL31178517M
- ISBN-139780091944155
- ISBN-100091944155
- OCLC Control Number819519181
- OCLC Control Numbergreenpleasantlan0000buch_a3g3
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2014407078
Classifications
- DDC635.094109044
- LCCSB320.8.G7 B83 2013
Description
"A Green and Pleasant Land tells the intriguing and inspiring story of how Britain's wartime government encouraged and cajoled its citizens to grow their own fruit and vegetables. As the Second World War began in earnest and a whole nation listened to wireless broadcasts, dug holes for Anderson shelters, counted their coupons and made do and mended, so too were they instructed to ‘Dig for Victory’. Ordinary people, as well as gardening experts, rose to the challenge: gardens, scrubland, allotments and even public parks were soon helping to feed a nation deprived of fresh produce. As Ursula Buchan reveals, this practical contribution to the Home Front was tackled with thrifty ingenuity, grumbling humour and extraordinary fortitude. The simple act of turning over soil and tending new plants became important psychologically for a population under constant threat of bombing and even invasion. Gardening reminded people that their country and its more innocent and insular pursuits were worth fighting for. Gardening in wartime Britain was a part of the fight for freedom."--
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