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Heather

by John Trevena

The second volume of Trevena's Dartmoor trilogy, published in 1908 between Furze the Cruel and Granite.

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High Dartmoor: Land and People

by Eric Hemery

Eric Hemery's monumental 1983 topographical and historical survey of Dartmoor, still regarded as the standard work on the moor.

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Historic Dart

by Eric Hemery

Eric Hemery's history of the River Dart, from its Dartmoor source to the sea.

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Kitty Alone

by Sabine Baring-Gould

A novel set on the tidal Teign in South Devon, following the orphaned Kitty as she makes her way among the barge-men, fishers and marsh folk.

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Knock at a Venture

by Eden Phillpotts

More short tales of the moor, from Postbridge and beyond, in Phillpotts's plain moorland voice.

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Miser's Money

by Eden Phillpotts

The miser of the title is a woman-hater and pessimist who tries to bequeath his bitterness to a young man in love, but love, not moneyed selfishness, wins in the end.

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Okehampton Castle

by Alan Endacott

Alan Endacott's English Heritage guidebook to Okehampton Castle, telling the story of its 500 years as a Courtenay family stronghold on the edge of Dartmoor.