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L.T.C. Rolt s fame was born from his unique ability to produce works of literature from subject matter seemingly ill suited to such treatment engineering, canals, railways, steam engines, agricultural machinery, vintage cars such as in his classic biographies of Brunel, Telford, Trevithick and the Stephensons, and in his superbly written volumes of autobiography.In this, the first part of his autobiography, Rolt tells of his childhood in Chester, on the Welsh border near Hay-on-Wye and in Gloucestershire; of an engineering apprenticeship and career which took him from a farm in the Vale of Evesham to a locomotive works in Stoke-on-Trent and from Dursley to the Wiltshire Downs until he finally settled in a Hampshire village, running a garage which specialised in veteran and vintage cars.Imbued with the author s love of England and his intense feeling for the beauties of the English countryside, the book reveals a landscape populated not only be men, but by machines: steam-ploughing engines, steam wagons, steam locomotives, canal boats and a variety of unusual motor cars. This vividly told tale of rural England sets the stage of a life that was to be consumed by preserving the best the country had to offer in landscape and the technology of a now bygone age.
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A fine opportunity to make the acquaintance of a unique man. --Daily Telegraph
Compulsory reading . . . enjoyable, readable and thought-provoking. --Waterways World
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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Volume One of L.T.C. Rolt's classic autobiography In this, the first part of his autobiography, L.T.C. Rolt tells of his childhood in Chester, on the Welsh border near Hay-on-Wye, and in Gloucestershire; of an engineering apprenticeship and career which took him from a farm in the Vale of Evesham to a locomotive works in Stoke-on-Trent and from Dursley to the Wiltshire Downs until he finally settled in a Hampshire village, running a garage specializing in vintage cars. Landscape with Machines is imbued with Rolt's love of England and the English countryside, but also of his endless fascination with machines: steam ploughing engines, steam wagons, steam locomotives, canal boats and a variety of unusual motor cars. AUTHOR: L.T.C. Rolt trained as an engineer, but his fame rests on his classic biographies of Brunel, Telford, Trevithick and the Stephensons, and his superb volumes of autobiography, and transport history. He founded the Inland Waterways Association and was instrumental in encouraging interest in Britain's industrial heritage at Tal-y-llyn and elsewhere. He died in 1975. His son Timothy Rolt continues to promote his work SELLING POINTS: . A new edition of this classic work . Volume One explores Rolt's early life, his childhood in Chester, Hay-on-Wye and Gloucestershire, and his engineering apprenticeship . With a new foreword by Timothy Rolt, L.T.C. Rolt's son . With photos from the family archive showing this period of Rolt's life 21 b/w illustrations Landscape with Machines: The First Part of his Autobiography Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780750970167
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