George Sturts frank and moving account of his trade as a wheelwright in thelate nineteenth century offers a unique glimpse into the working lives ofcraftsmen in... » 

George Sturts frank and moving account of his trade as a wheelwright in thelate nineteenth century offers a unique glimpse into the working lives ofcraftsmen in a world since banished by technology. The wheelwrights shop wherehe entered business had been operating for two centuries this chronicle firstpublished in 1923 is a poignant record of that tradition written as it waspassing into history. E. P. Thompsons new foreword acclaims the significanceof Sturts engaging narrative as a vital document in the history of labour atthe turn of the century. «