The sequel toWar Horsefrom an award-winning author
and master storyteller
Set on a farm in rural Devon,Farm Boyis a collection of
Grandpa's reminiscences and stories touchingly told to his
grandson. Joey was the last working horse on the farm, and the
apple of Grandpa's eye. Joey was sent away from the farm to be a
warhorse in WWI. Grandpa had joined the cavalry in order to find,
and fight, with Joey.Farm Boybrings us forward fifty years
with Grandpa not only telling his grandson, Joey's story but also a
"shameful secret" which he has held for years—Grandpa has never
learned to read and write. The story is set in Iddesleigh in Devon
and lovingly evokes the bonds between farm and farmer; grandson and
grandfather. This special new edition superbly captures the spirit
of rural life.
