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Spring Harvest by Geoffrey Bache Smith (2019, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherJ2b Publishing LLC
ISBN-101948747367
ISBN-139781948747363
eBay Product ID (ePID)5038416557
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Book TitleSpring Harvest
Number of Pages98 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
TopicGeneral
GenreFiction
AuthorGeoffrey Bache Smith
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight5.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Synopsis"A Spring Harvest" has been pulled from the pages of history and reformated in a pleasing, easy-to-read font with each poem individually highlighted so that readers can enjoy the works of Smith as Tolkien enjoyed them. . . . . "A Spring Harvest" is a delightful and insightful collection of poems by Geoffrey Bache Smith, a talented poet and very close high school and college friend of J.R.R. Tolkien. Smith's work shows he enjoyed writing and playing with different poetic forms and his mood varied from serious to whimsical, like with: . . . . ."It was all in the Black Countree" . . . . . . . . .It was all in the Black Countree, . . . . . What time the sweet o' the year should be, . . . . I saw a tree, all gaunt and grey, . . . . As mindful of a winter's day: . . . . . And that a lonely bird did sit . . . . . Upon the topmost branch of it, . . . . . Who to my thought did sweeter sing . . . . . Than any minstrel of a king. . . . . . . . . . Smith and Tolkien, along with classmates Rob Gilson and Christopher Wiseman, formed a semi-secret society where they discussed their artistic interests and the impact each would have on the world. The society regularly met and took tea at the Tea Club and Barrovian Society, near their school. The men named their society T.C.B.S. . . . . . The personal bonds they formed through T.C.B.S. lasted their lifetimes. Unfortunately, World War I interrupted college and cut short the lives of Smith and Gilson, both killed in France at the Battle of the Somme. Gilson was shot leading a charge and Smith died of shrapnel wounds a few days later on December 3, 1916. Tolkien had contracted Trench Fever and was evacuated to England days before the battle started, escaping almost certain death. . . . . . Tolkien was impressed by Smith's poems and felt the poetry would be a great help to English society as it recovered from the Great War. He took it upon himself to honor Smith by publishing "A Spring Harvest.", "A Spring Harvest" has been pulled from the pages of history and reformated in a pleasing, easy-to-read font with each poem individually highlighted so that readers can enjoy the works of Smith as Tolkien enjoyed them. "A Spring Harvest" is a delightful and insightful collection of poems by Geoffrey Bache Smith, a talented poet and very close high school and college friend of J.R.R. Tolkien. Smith's work shows he enjoyed writing and playing with different poetic forms and his mood varied from serious to whimsical, like with: "It was all in the Black Countree" It was all in the Black Countree, What time the sweet o' the year should be, I saw a tree, all gaunt and grey, As mindful of a winter's day: And that a lonely bird did sit Upon the topmost branch of it, Who to my thought did sweeter sing Than any minstrel of a king. Smith and Tolkien, along with classmates Rob Gilson and Christopher Wiseman, formed a semi-secret society where they discussed their artistic interests and the impact each would have on the world. The society regularly met and took tea at the Tea Club and Barrovian Society, near their school. The men named their society T.C.B.S. The personal bonds they formed through T.C.B.S. lasted their lifetimes. Unfortunately, World War I interrupted college and cut short the lives of Smith and Gilson, both killed in France at the Battle of the Somme. Gilson was shot leading a charge and Smith died of shrapnel wounds a few days later on December 3, 1916. Tolkien had contracted Trench Fever and was evacuated to England days before the battle started, escaping almost certain death. Tolkien was impressed by Smith's poems and felt the poetry would be a great help to English society as it recovered from the Great War. He took it upon himself to honor Smith by publishing "A Spring Harvest."
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- 21 Sep, 2019
"The Best Version of 'A SPRING HARVEST'!"
After watching Fox Searchlight Pictures' "Tolkien" (pronounced "Toll-keen"), I became interested in reading Geoffrey Bache Smith's book of poems entitled "A Spring Harvest". The film reveals that Smith (ANTHONY BOYLE) was J.R.R. Tolkien's (NICHOLAS HOULT) close friend; and that after Smith's death in World War I, Tolkien himself arranged for the publication of "A Spring Harvest" in June 1918. Printed by J2B Publishing in 2019, this 97-page version of "A Spring Harvest" (edited by James Burd Brewster) has a lovely picture of a field of lavender flowers on its cover. The book is known to be the only complete and properly formatted version of the original 1918 one. It contains all the poems written by Geoffrey Bache Smith. It has a title page, the foreward by Tolkien and a table of contents, which are omitted in some versions of the book. The start of each poem is printed on a fresh page. The font used is suitably large. I enjoy reading this particular version of "A Spring Harvest", and I hope others will find reading it a pleasure too.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
