Record Number: 30373
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'When asked how he passed the time in the [ship's jail] cell, [Edward] Pullen replied, "Just read the Bible, that's all. Nothing else. You wouldn't have nothing else ... And pick your pound of oakum, see. When you'd picked that, you had nothing else to do ... Just loiter about, see, in the cell".'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1907 and 1909
Country:n/a
Timen/a
Place:other location: At sea aboard HMS Drake
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:n/a
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Labourer (non-agricultural)
Sailor, Royal Navy
Sailor
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Bible
Genre:Bible
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30373
Source:Christopher McKee
Editor:n/a
Title:Sober Men and True: Sailor Lives in the Royal Navy 1900-1945
Place of Publication:Cambridge, MA
Date of Publication:2002
Vol:n/a
Page:39
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Christopher McKee, Sober Men and True: Sailor Lives in the Royal Navy 1900-1945, (Cambridge, MA, 2002), p. 39, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30373, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None