The Wheelwright's Shop

George Sturt''s frank and moving account of his trade as a wheelwright in the late nineteenth century offers a unique glimpse into the working lives of craftsmen in a world since banished by technology. The wheelwright''s shop where he entered business had been operating for two centuries; this chronicle first published in 1923 is a poignant record of that tradition written as it was passing into history. E. P. Thompson''s new foreword acclaims the significance of Sturt''s engaging narrative as a vital document in the history of labour at the turn of the century.