{"product_id":"21st-century-yokel-9781783524563","title":"21st Century Yokel","description":"\u003cp\u003e21st-Century Yokel explores the way we can be tied inescapably to landscape  whether we like it or not  often through our family and our past. Its not quite a nature book  not quite a humor book  not quite a family memoir  not quite folklore  not quite social history  not quite a collection of essays  but a bit of all seven. It contains owls  badgers  ponies  beavers  otters  bats  bees  scarecrows  dogs  ghosts  Toms loud and excitable dad and  yes  even a few cats. Its full of Devons local folklorethe ancient kind  and the everyday kindand provincial places and small things. But what emerges from this focus on the small are themes that are broader and bigger and more definitive. The books language is colloquial and easy and its 11 chapters are discursive and wide-ranging  rambling even. The feel of the book has a lot in common with the country walks Tom Cox was on when he composed much of itits bewitched by fresh air  intrepid in minor ways  haunted by weather and old stories and the spooky edges of the outdoors  restless  sometimes foolish  and prone to a few detours . . . but it always reaches its intended destination. The book is illustrated with Toms own landscape photographs and linocuts by his mother.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44935012778037,"sku":"ByrdShop_1783524561","price":99.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781783524563.jpg?v=1784689530","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/21st-century-yokel-9781783524563","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}