by Gervase Phinn · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140275421
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«The Other Side of the Dale» is the memoir by Gervase Phinn, school inspector, published by Penguin in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Gervase Phinn recounts his first year as a school inspector in North Yorkshire, with visits to small schools, quirky teachers, farmers, aristocrats and local children. Gervase Phinn combines humor and observation of everyday life to portray rural education in the north of England and the anecdotes that arise from his work.
«The Other Side of the Dale» belongs to The Dales Series, of which it is the first volume. This Penguin edition was published in 2009.
For readers of humorous memoirs and English rural life, Yorkshire and the school world, or fans of James Herriot and Jack Sheffield.
Gervase Phinn is an English author and educator. After a career as a teacher he became a schools inspector and, latterly, Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Teesside. He graduated from Leeds Trinity University in 1970 with a degree in Education.
