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Volume One of L.T.C. Rolt's classic autobiography In this, the first part of his autobiography, L.T.C. Rolt tells of his childhood in Chester, on the Welsh border near Hay-–on-Wye, and in Gloucestershire; of an engineering apprenticeship and career which took him from a farm in the Vale of Evesham to a locomotive works in Stoke-on-Trent and from Dursley to the Wiltshire Downs until he finally settled in a Hampshire village, running a garage specializing in vintage cars. Landscape with Machines is imbued with Rolt's love of England and the English countryside, but also of his endless fascination with machines: steam ploughing engines, steam wagons, steam locomotives, canal boats and a variety of unusual motor cars. AUTHOR: L.T.C. Rolt trained as an engineer, but his fame rests on his classic biographies of Brunel, Telford, Trevithick and the Stephensons, and his superb volumes of autobiography, and transport history. He founded the Inland Waterways Association and was instrumental in encouraging interest in Britain's industrial heritage at Tal-y-llyn and elsewhere. He died in 1975. His son Timothy Rolt continues to promote his work SELLING POINTS: . A new edition of this classic work . Volume One explores Rolt's early life, his childhood in Chester, Hay-on-Wye and Gloucestershire, and his engineering apprenticeship . With a new foreword by Timothy Rolt, L.T.C. Rolt's son . With photos from the family archive showing this period of Rolt's life 21 b/w illustrations

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'A fine opportunity to make the acquaintance of a unique man.' * Daily Telegraph * 'Compulsory reading . . . enjoyable, readable and thought-provoking.' * Waterways World *

'A fine opportunity to make the acquaintance of a unique man.' Daily Telegraph 'Compulsory reading ... enjoyable, readable and thought-provoking.' Waterways World

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L T C ROLT was born in Chester on 9 February 1910 and died in 1974. He was an engineer and craftsman, whose passion for Britain’s industrial heritage led him to become one of the foremost historians of the 20th century. He was joint founder of the Inland Waterways Association. He also wrote Narrow Boat, Red for Danger and the famous Landscape Trilogy.

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