The Draining of the Fens Michael Cassity to native species

to native species

There is an activity for each letter to help children aged 8-12 develop life skills to become more resilient

This practical and beautifully illustrated book

Although not intended to be a complete history

Alternately humorous

The Draining of the Fens Michael Cassity to native speciesThe draining of the Fens in eastern England was one of the largest engineering projects in seventeenth century Europe. A series of Dutch and English ""projectors,"" working over several decades and with the full support of the Crown, transformed hundreds of thousands of acres of putatively barren wetlands into dry, arable farmland. The drainage project was also supposed to reform the sickly, backward fenlanders into civilized, healthy farmers, to the