No Way but Gentlenesse : A Memoir of How Kes, My Kestrel, Changed My Life by Richard Hines book DJV, PDF, EPUB
9781632865021 English 1632865025 A memoir about a working-class kid whose passion for the elite pastime of falconry sets him on an unexpected path through adulthood. Richard Hines grew up in Hoyland Common, a South Yorkshire mining village, where he remembers sliding down heaps of coal dust, listening out for klaxons at the end of mine shifts, hearing whispers of "accidents" in the pit and worrying for his kind and gentle father. At age 11 Richard's prospects suddenly dim when he fails the trials for English Grammar School and is left without much hope of academic achievement. His shame is especially piercing because his older brother Barry, evidently their mother's favourite, passed and seems headed for great things. Crushed by a system that swiftly and permanently decides that some children do not merit a real education, and persecuted by the cruel antics of mid-century English schoolteachers, Richard pursues a different kind of intelligence--spending his time in the fields and meadows just beyond the colliery slag heap. One morning, walking on the grounds of a ruined medieval manor, he comes across a nest of kestrels. Instantly captivated but without a role model to learn from, he seeks out ancient texts from the local library on the subject of falconry and spends hours poring over the strange words and instructions there. Improvising a gauntlet from his mother's leather glove and jesses from shoelaces, Richard learns the art of "manning" or training the kestrel, and discovers a profound passion for the hawk's indomitable wildness. No Way But Gentlenesse is a moving tale of cultures lost to time and the true tale of one boy's attempt to find salvation in the natural world., There is no way but gentlenesse to redeeme a Hawke. - Edmund Bert, 1619Born and raised in the South Yorkshire mining village of Hoyland Common, Richard Hines remembers sliding down heaps of coal dust, hearing whispers of accidents" in the pit, listening for the siren at the end of mine shifts, and praying for his father's safe return. At age eleven, Richard's prospects suddenly dimmed when he failed the trials for English Grammar School, though his older brother Barry, evidently their mother's favorite, had passed and seemed headed for great things.Crushed by a system that swiftly and permanently decided that some children do not merit a real education, and persecuted by the cruel antics of his English schoolteachers, Richard spent his time in the fields and meadows just beyond the colliery slag heap. One morning, walking on the grounds of a ruined medieval manor, he came across a nest of kestrels. Instantly captivated but without a role model to learn from, he sought out ancient falconry texts from the local library and pored over thestrange and beautiful language there. With just these books, some ingenuity, and his profound respect for the hawk's indomitable wildness, Richard learned to "man" or train his kestrel, Kes, and in the process became a man himself. No Way But Gentlenesse is a breathtaking memoir of one remarkable boy's love for a culture lost to time, and his attempt to find salvation in the natural world.", There is no way but gentlenesse to redeeme a Hawke. --Edmund Bert, 1619 Born and raised in the South Yorkshire mining village of Hoyland Common, Richard Hines remembers sliding down heaps of coal dust, hearing whispers of "accidents" in the pit, listening for the siren at the end of mine shifts, and praying for his father's safe return. At age eleven, Richard's prospects suddenly dimmed when he failed the trials for English Grammar School, though his older brother Barry, evidently their mother's favorite, had passed and seemed headed for great things. Crushed by a system that swiftly and permanently decided that some children do not merit a real education, and persecuted by the cruel antics of his English schoolteachers, Richard spent his time in the fields and meadows just beyond the colliery slag heap. One morning, walking on the grounds of a ruined medieval manor, he came across a nest of kestrels. Instantly captivated but without a role model to learn from, he sought out ancient falconry texts from the local library and pored over thestrange and beautiful language there. With just these books, some ingenuity, and his profound respect for the hawk's indomitable wildness, Richard learned to "man" or train his kestrel, Kes, and in the process became a man himself. No Way But Gentlenesse is a breathtaking memoir of one remarkable boy's love for a culture lost to time, and his attempt to find salvation in the natural world.
9781632865021 English 1632865025 A memoir about a working-class kid whose passion for the elite pastime of falconry sets him on an unexpected path through adulthood. Richard Hines grew up in Hoyland Common, a South Yorkshire mining village, where he remembers sliding down heaps of coal dust, listening out for klaxons at the end of mine shifts, hearing whispers of "accidents" in the pit and worrying for his kind and gentle father. At age 11 Richard's prospects suddenly dim when he fails the trials for English Grammar School and is left without much hope of academic achievement. His shame is especially piercing because his older brother Barry, evidently their mother's favourite, passed and seems headed for great things. Crushed by a system that swiftly and permanently decides that some children do not merit a real education, and persecuted by the cruel antics of mid-century English schoolteachers, Richard pursues a different kind of intelligence--spending his time in the fields and meadows just beyond the colliery slag heap. One morning, walking on the grounds of a ruined medieval manor, he comes across a nest of kestrels. Instantly captivated but without a role model to learn from, he seeks out ancient texts from the local library on the subject of falconry and spends hours poring over the strange words and instructions there. Improvising a gauntlet from his mother's leather glove and jesses from shoelaces, Richard learns the art of "manning" or training the kestrel, and discovers a profound passion for the hawk's indomitable wildness. No Way But Gentlenesse is a moving tale of cultures lost to time and the true tale of one boy's attempt to find salvation in the natural world., There is no way but gentlenesse to redeeme a Hawke. - Edmund Bert, 1619Born and raised in the South Yorkshire mining village of Hoyland Common, Richard Hines remembers sliding down heaps of coal dust, hearing whispers of accidents" in the pit, listening for the siren at the end of mine shifts, and praying for his father's safe return. At age eleven, Richard's prospects suddenly dimmed when he failed the trials for English Grammar School, though his older brother Barry, evidently their mother's favorite, had passed and seemed headed for great things.Crushed by a system that swiftly and permanently decided that some children do not merit a real education, and persecuted by the cruel antics of his English schoolteachers, Richard spent his time in the fields and meadows just beyond the colliery slag heap. One morning, walking on the grounds of a ruined medieval manor, he came across a nest of kestrels. Instantly captivated but without a role model to learn from, he sought out ancient falconry texts from the local library and pored over thestrange and beautiful language there. With just these books, some ingenuity, and his profound respect for the hawk's indomitable wildness, Richard learned to "man" or train his kestrel, Kes, and in the process became a man himself. No Way But Gentlenesse is a breathtaking memoir of one remarkable boy's love for a culture lost to time, and his attempt to find salvation in the natural world.", There is no way but gentlenesse to redeeme a Hawke. --Edmund Bert, 1619 Born and raised in the South Yorkshire mining village of Hoyland Common, Richard Hines remembers sliding down heaps of coal dust, hearing whispers of "accidents" in the pit, listening for the siren at the end of mine shifts, and praying for his father's safe return. At age eleven, Richard's prospects suddenly dimmed when he failed the trials for English Grammar School, though his older brother Barry, evidently their mother's favorite, had passed and seemed headed for great things. Crushed by a system that swiftly and permanently decided that some children do not merit a real education, and persecuted by the cruel antics of his English schoolteachers, Richard spent his time in the fields and meadows just beyond the colliery slag heap. One morning, walking on the grounds of a ruined medieval manor, he came across a nest of kestrels. Instantly captivated but without a role model to learn from, he sought out ancient falconry texts from the local library and pored over thestrange and beautiful language there. With just these books, some ingenuity, and his profound respect for the hawk's indomitable wildness, Richard learned to "man" or train his kestrel, Kes, and in the process became a man himself. No Way But Gentlenesse is a breathtaking memoir of one remarkable boy's love for a culture lost to time, and his attempt to find salvation in the natural world.