And They Said Foot & Mouth Did Not Affect Humans

Dear Gordon, I love that you stepped forward & told of this disease - I've never personally been affected by it here in California - thank God. :) Thank you for taking the time to inform us of this deadly epidemic & how you helped stem it - sorry it affected you personally. ;( God bless you & make you completely whole. :) Your pitch is excellent, so set the hook for me to read your book. :) When you use short paragraphs & lots of dialogue, it makes me want to keep reading to find out what's going to happen next. I'm backing your book. :)
Could you please take a moment to back my TWO memoir books? Thanks, Susie :)

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i have updated intro and am currently reviewing every chapter in what will be my final edit,fingers crossed.

gordon
Am backing your book for your sheer drive to see the truth out. I was working on a farm which had one of the first cases of Mad Cow Disease. Unfortunately I witnessed inhumane unnecessary treatment at the hands of the farmer's I was employed by. Among other things, leaving a paralysed heifer to freeze to death and also allowing a cow to take hours to die with the calf stuck inside her rather than phone a vet. But what you have written here, and well done to you, needs to be heard. It was a terrible thing that happened. As I said, Backed. Rosali

Gordon, I'm glad you've written this, and written it so well. It's a gripping and moving account which needs to be told. I hope it's published. Shelving it in an attempt to help it on its way. I detest the way farmers and country people in general are treated. Lynn

A shocking documentary of the very real truth smothered by the g'ment and ignored by the media. This is a story that need be told. The suffering of the farmers and indeed of their animals was unacceptable. You bring all this across in a neat package; good writing plays smooth rhythm.

Andrew

And They Said Foot &Mouth Did Not Affect Humans:

Gordon, I can’t even imagine what it must have been like for you going through what you experienced. I’m just very glad you’ve come through everything, and I admire your courage for writing this most interesting book. A little editing will make this even better, and I will give it a spin on my shelf.

All the very best, and good luck with this. :o)

Cáit ~ Muckers ~

This is fascinating - I'm sorry you went through such trauma. I'm sorry that I haven't had time to read it properly, I'm also not quite brave enough, but I have put you on my watchlist and will hasten to back you as soon as I have room because it is a very interesting subject.

This is more than upsetting. How things are twisted and turned before they are swept under the carpet. It makes for distrust. It takes a brave man to stand out from the crowd and speak the truth. To try to make other wake up and see how vulnerable they are. My hat is off to you. It is an important thing that you are doing. All the best and on my shelf. C.P

And They Said Foot and Mouth Didn't Affect Humans

Hi Gordon

This is a brave and important book to write, it is also a book that must represent a painful personal journey for you as well, going back into that place from which flows such difficult and traumatic memories. An important memoir because it takes us into a place that many of us do not know about, the pain, distress and detail you describe are heart-rending. You hit the nail on the head when you speak about the fact that for many people the notion that farmers got upset as their cattle were slaughtered seemed strange. But you are also absolutely right about the care, devotion and time farmers give their animals and how the foot and mouth out break hit families and communities hard. I work in rural Sussex and have worked in Rural Kent and I know exactly that tender care for their animal charges that you describe. In order to prepare this for publication i think you need a good solid edit, any acronym for example will need flagging up in brackets immediately after its first introduction. Such a painful personal tail intertwined here with the agricultural horror of the FMD outbreak. Well done, such courage, such openness and honesty, I genuinely wish you well in future. The pointless race to the Ed Desk is indeed trivial by comparison but if you could take a peek at my book it would be so helpful at this stage in the game

Best wishes and good luck
Andrew W
(Sanctuary's Loss)

I could only glimpse at this book and apologise for not being strong enough. I am backing it because I think that books like this are valuable as they give insight and better understanding to important issues. Books like this make people stop and think and realise that there are repercussions and consequences in the background that are not always at the forefront. I am not qualified enough to comment on editing and structure and hope other writers will support you on this.

I applaud your courage and determination to finish this book. I hope it receives the recognition deserved.

Shelved.

ww Lisa ( A Fine Line)

What a fascinating book. To acquaint the public with the true story this needs to be published and read. To achieve that it probably needs specific editing and hopefully on this site you will gain good advice. The synopsis I think needs to be broken into paragraphs and maybe shortened a bit. Sentences in the first chapter need addressing in relation to punctuation. The thanking of people, I believe, should probably be left to the end; although important to you it’s probably irrelevant to most readers who want to get to the real story. It would seem that it has taken a lot of personal courage to accomplish this book. Without doubt you are going to have to revisit these pages again and again; I hope you find it in yourself to achieve that. Not normally something I would buy, but certainly borrow from the library. On my shelf hoping it attracts more readers for their comments and advice.Good Luck

Completely out of the box as far as something I would normally read - very moving and distressing

backed

Kev(catherine wheel alley)

Thank you for sharing this. I do hope that writing this has helped. I remember watching on the news, that was sad enough seeing healthy looking animals led to their fate only to end up on a burning heap. Bloody awful and I can only imagine what you went through having been the one to do it. I have only read the first chapter so far, but you have hooked me, and although it's a sad and terrible subject I think I would like to read on to the end and really understand what went wrong.
Good luck with this. I hope it does well.
Sue
A Boy Called George

This is incredible and touching and mind opening. My husband is a toxicologist and this book, and your personal account, would be something he'd read instantly.

Shelved.

Rachel May