Gamekeeper at Home

Author(s)

• Richard Jefferies

Richard Jefferies (1848 – 1887) was born and spent his childhood on a farm at Coate,Wiltshire. He joined the ‘Wiltshire and Gloucestershire Standard’ in 1868 and also started to write articles and pamphlets on various agricultural issues and local history topics. He is best known for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. This classic of English nature writing gives an idea of the life of a gamekeeper in southern England in the second half of the nineteenth century. (Summary by AJM)

1. Ch 1. The Man Himself - His House and Tools
2. Ch 2. His Family and Caste
3. Ch 3. In the Fields
4. Ch 4. His Dominions - The Woods, Meadows and Water
5. Ch 5. Some of his Subjects: Dogs, Rabbits 'Mice and Such Small Deer'
6. Ch 6. His Enemies: Birds and Beasts of Prey, Trespassers
7. Ch 7. Professional Poachers, The Art of Wiring Game
8. Ch 8. The Field Detective, Fish Poaching
9. Ch 9. Guerilla Warfare, Gun Accidents, Black Sheep