{"product_id":"9781845490621","title":"Both Sides of the Fence","description":"BOTH SIDES\u003cbr\u003eOF\u003cbr\u003eTHE FENCE\u003cbr\u003eThe Autobiography of a Poacher\u003cbr\u003eTurned Gamekeeper\u003cbr\u003eFrank Cullum began life comfortably enough -father was in the army and the pay,with only Frank and his mother to feed was adequate.Come the twenties,howerver,things began to get more difficult.Life as an agricul-\u003cbr\u003etural worker was precarious to say the least -and there was soon to be seven more mouths to feed!Somehow the family income had to be supplement-\u003cbr\u003eed and Cullum senior soon became an expert poacher.So did Cullum junior.As he says,he knew the game laws before he mastered the alphabet!\u003cbr\u003eHis activities may have been illegal,but they were also educational and the day came when a kindly local 'keeper took the young Frank under his wing.\u003cbr\u003eThe desire to become a gamekeeper himself was born and eventually he went over to the other side of the fence...\u003cbr\u003eIn this autobiography Frank Cullum leads us through rural life in the twen-\u003cbr\u003eties and thirties,his wartime experience and on to a gamekeeper 's life dur-\u003cbr\u003eing the fifties,sixties and seventies;half a century of experience during which time he held,amongst others,positions on such prestigious estates as Great Witchingham,Raynham and Somerleyton.\u003cbr\u003eSocial history,domestic trivia,comic mishap and expert information are all included in a book through which runs a rich vein of country lore.It is a book not only for lovers of country sport but also the countryside.\u003cbr\u003eFrank now lives with his wife Pauline in semi-retirement near Norwich.","brand":"Arima Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055692660976,"sku":"9781845490621","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781845490621_p0.jpg?v=1763744188","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781845490621","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}