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Record Number: 12178


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

' . . . as sentence follows sentence I marvel, and wonder, indeed, if the writer [Bruce Barton] is not himself an inspired seer and whether the spirit of the man he writes about [subject of the biography, "The Man Nobody Knows"] has not entered into him . . . '

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1927 and 31 Dec 1927

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Dora Seimons

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

Jewish

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Bruce Barton

Title:

The Man Nobody Knows

Genre:

Other religious, Fiction, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

12178

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Dora Seimons

Title:

Letter

Location:

Wisconsin Historical Society, USA

Call No:

Bruce Barton Papers

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Dora Seimons, Letter, Wisconsin Historical Society, USA, Bruce Barton Papers, n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12178, accessed: 22 November 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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