First published in 1962, this is Potter's personal study of the Forest of Dean - its people, traditions, ceromonies and institutions - at a time of profound cul... » 

First published in 1962, this is Potter's personal study of the Forest of Dean - its people, traditions, ceromonies and institutions - at a time of profound cultural and social change. He describes the fabric of a world whose old ways are yielding to the new. «