A G Street

A. G. Street was born Arthur G. Street in 1892 and grew up on a farm near Wilton, Wiltshire. He was a broadcaster and writer and wrote 25 books with farming life at their centre. Perhaps his most famous book, Farmer's Glory , describes his time in Canada before he returned to Wiltshire. Another book, Strawberry Roan , was turned into a film. He died in 1966. A. G. Street (1892-1966) was a farmer, writer and broadcaster. His first book, Farmer's Glory , published in 1932, was an immediate...See more

A. G. Street was born Arthur G. Street in 1892 and grew up on a farm near Wilton, Wiltshire. He was a broadcaster and writer and wrote 25 books with farming life at their centre. Perhaps his most famous book, Farmer's Glory , describes his time in Canada before he returned to Wiltshire. Another book, Strawberry Roan , was turned into a film. He died in 1966. A. G. Street (1892-1966) was a farmer, writer and broadcaster. His first book, Farmer's Glory , published in 1932, was an immediate success and launched him on a long and prolific writing career. Most of his books were published by Faber & Faber and it is therefore appropriate that Faber Finds is re-establishing him with reissues of Farmer's Glory , The Gentleman of the Party , Already Walks Tomorrow , A Crook in the Furrow , Strawberry Roan and The Endless Furrow See less