Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall

A collection of evocative prose sketches and biographical studies that evoke Cornwall’s wild coast, moorland, churches, and local communities. Each essay mixes antiquarian detail, personal reminiscence, and legend to recount tales of giants, smugglers, pixies, ghosts, and eccentric local worthies while conveying landscape and atmosphere. The tone shifts between humour, mysticism, and reverent description, with an archaic, masonry-like prose style and a persistent taste for symbol and miracle. Appendices and illustrations provide documentary notes and visual accompaniment to the sketches.