Record Number: 30383
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'"The choice of reading material [in ship's gaol] was either the [italics] Manual of Seamanship [end italics] or the Bible. Having been a freethinker for several years ... I decided to give this [latter] tome the benefit of the doubt and read it from cover to cover, which did nothing to convince me, but only reinforced my views".'
Century:1900-1945
Date:1942
Country:n/a
Timen/a
Place:other location: At sea
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Bible
Genre:Bible
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30383
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:40
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Christopher McKee, Sober Men and True: Sailor Lives in the Royal Navy 1900-1945, (Cambridge, MA, 2002), p. 40, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30383, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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