{"product_id":"little-buttons-telling-big-stories-9781738556854","title":"Little Buttons Telling Big Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom lunatic asylums and domestic violence to love stories, success, bankruptcy and suicide, these are just a few of the stories unpicked from the small four-holed tailor's buttons \u003cstrong\u003eThe Field Detectives\u003c\/strong\u003e have found in Nottinghamshire. People and families have been brought back to life through the names and places branded on these simple buttons, which made their way onto the fields around the Grantham Canal via the Nottingham night soil collections throughout the mid-19th to early 20th centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Pincott-Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e has meticulously researched each of the tailors featured, and their stories are voiced through newspaper reports, parish records and other historical documents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot every button found belonged to a Nottingham tailor; many of them came from as far away as Scotland and London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLittle Buttons Telling Big Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e aims to appeal to people interested in Nottingham's history and those with tailors in their ancestry. Also, any metal detecting enthusiasts who may have found one of the buttons and would like to learn more about them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho would think that something so small could tell such big stories?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePincott-Allen, Catherine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - As an avid family historian, I have extensively researched the branches of my own family tree. Not knowing our distant ancestors personally, yet discovering snippets of information about their lives in records, newspapers and dusty archives, has inspired my fictional writing. I live in Nottinghamshire with my husband, Richard, and we are the founding members of The Field Detectives, a group of history enthusiasts dedicated to investigating local landscapes and historical events. I love nothing more than delving into the past to uncover the truth about long-forgotten people and events and sharing that learning through my non-fiction writing. Under the name Emmaline Severn, I also write historical fiction and non-fiction books.","brand":"Lost Voices Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51830460940562,"sku":"9781738556854","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c4ad4cb8-e795-41dc-a3e0-df95d66302b2.jpg?v=1767002560","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/little-buttons-telling-big-stories-9781738556854","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}