Bronte Country: Lives & Landscapes

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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Juliet Barker; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Uproar in Haworth; 2. Martha, the Professor and t'Free Schooil; 3. Glory and Grief on the Brontë Moors; 4. Lily Cove -- Tragic Balloonist and Liberated Lady; 5. Way of the Worth; 6. Lament for the Brontë Bus; 7. A Windmill at Newsholme; 8. Coppin'-on at Ponden; 9. Facts of Life and Death; 10. Of Moles and Men; 11. Old Timmy -- Weaver and Legend (or When Tilda Returned Timmy's Love Piece); 12. Quarries and Violins; 13. Rahnd an' Rahnd with Arthur; 14. Portrait of Patrick; 15. Wycoller.;Haworth and its moors are for ever linked with the name of Bronte, but they also have a fascination in their own right. Peggy Hewitt tells the story of the moors and of the people who have lived and worked there - people who are as much a product of their environment as the drystone walls and heather. Cover Title Copyright Contents Foreword by Juliet Barker Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Uproar in Haworth 2. Martha, the Professor and t'Free Schooil 3. Glory and Grief on the Brontë Moors 4. Lily Cove -- Tragic Balloonist and Liberated Lady 5. Way of the Worth 6. Lament for the Brontë Bus 7. A Windmill at Newsholme 8. Coppin'-on at Ponden 9. Facts of Life and Death 10. Of Moles and Men 11. Old Timmy -- Weaver and Legend (or When Tilda Returned Timmy's Love Piece) 12. Quarries and Violins 13. Rahnd an' Rahnd with Arthur 14. Portrait of Patrick 15. Wycoller. 16. Incumbents and Trustees17. Nature's Gentleman 18. Stanbury and the School under the Sky 19. The Many Sides of Sir Isaac 20. Steam Up in the Worth Valley 21. Cool, Calm and Collected 22. Ponden People 23. Methodism in his Madness 24. The Company of Ghosts.