A biography published of a little-known Poet Laureate. Born in Ledbury in 1878, Masefield was apprenticed under sail before spending several years in the USA. On his return to England he worked as a journalist for the 'Manchester Guardian' and other newspapers, and his first poems were published at the start of last century.

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