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Books Cumbria : People : Biography

Biography

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'It's Only Me'

David Raw
�12.00

This is the humbling and incredible story of Revd Theodore Hardy, VC, DSO, MC, who was the most decorated civilian of the Great War.

Published by :	Hayloft
Published date :	1988
Format :	148mm x 210mm paperback

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A Riot of Thorn and Leaf

Dulcie M. Matthews
�7.95

This book is a word painting of the 11 years the author lived in the hamlet of Crag Foot in Silverdale, on the Lancashire/Cumbrian border.

Published by :	Hayloft
Published date :	2001
Format :	Paperback.

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A Camera in the Hills - The Life and Work of W A Poucher

Roly smith
�20.00

W.A. Poucher (1891-1988) was a man of diverse talents. He was a pioneering and prolific landscape photographer and the author of a string of illustrated books, among them the famous photographic climbing guides recently reissued by Frances Lincoln.

Published by :	Frances Lincoln
Published date :	October 2008
Format :	253mm x 187mm hardback

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A Carlisle Lad - The Story of James Parker Templeton

Jim Temleton
�12.00

James Templeton is a memorable man with a wonderful tale to tell. His words leap from the page as he transports you back to a less frenetic world, where people who were usually financially poorer than they are today were much richer in every other respect.

Published by :	Ink Truck
Published date :	March 2007
Format :	297mm x 210mm paperback

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A Cumberland Vicar's Daughter 1822-1898: The Eliza Lynn Linton Story

Elizabeth Kissack
�3.00

This is a story to remind people of Eliza Lynn Linton, the first lady journalist to be paid for her writing, and draw a fixed salary. She became an important and well respected person in her day, and now seems to be completely forgotten.

Published by :	Elizabeth Kissack
Published date :	2005
Format :	Paperback.

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A Cumbrian Copper

Ray Huddart
�10.00

Ray Huddart was a Cumbrian policeman for 38 years including twenty as head of C.I.D.

Published by :	BOOKCASE
Published date :	November 2008
Format :	210mm 148mm paperback

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A Dream Come True: The Life and Times of a Lake District National Park Ranger

David Birkett
�8.00

This is the personal story of a man inspired by the great outdoors. The books significance is enhanced by the background to Davids story which is the early years and development of the Lake District National Park Authority.

Published by :	Hayloft
Published date :	2002
Format :	Paperback.

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A Hatful of Crows

Ian Davidson
�10.00

'A Hatful of Crows' is the much anticipated follow-up to Dynamiting Niagara, by Lakeland author Ian Davidson. The first book looked at Mr Davidson growing up in Broughton Mills after the Second World War.It followed his eccentric attempts to establish himself in the area during the sixties, when the simple pattern of rural life was altered forever by the advent of electricity, television, cheap transport and the pill.

Published by :	Longhouse
Published date :	July 2007
Format :	140mm x 215mm paperback

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A Lakeland Climbing Pioneer - John Wilson Robinson of Whinfell Hall

Michael Waller
�10.00

Spear-heading the birth of rock-climbing in the English Lake District in the 1880's was a fraternity of visitors, who made their base at Wasdale Head. They were joined by a local dalesman, John Wilson Robinson, of Whinfell Hall in Lorton.

Published by :	Bookcase
Published date :	March 2008
Format :	140mm x 210mm paperback

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A Lifetime in the Mountains

Harry Griffin
�7.99

Second only to Alistair Cooke's Letter from America, Harry Griffin's 'Country Diary' column for the "Guardian" was the longest-running regular feature in the British media, running uninterrupted for some 52 years until his death in 2004.

Published by :	Aurum
Published date :	September 2007
Format :	130mm x 196mm paperback

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A Man of No Taste Whatsoever

M E Brown
�7.99

This is a brief account of the life and activities of an obscure provincial gentleman who managed to combine the role of country squire in Nottinghamshire with a life of fantasy in Cumberland.

Published by :	Author House
Published date :	May 2010
Format :	215mm x 215mm paperback

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A North Westmorland Village Lad

Robinson Wharton
�7.99

This is an autobiographical account of what life was like in the 30s and 40s in a North Westmorland village, and gives a great insight into country life of that period.

Published by :	Wilton Publishing
Published date :	1999
Format :	Paperback.

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A Passionate Sisterhood: The Sisters, Wives and Daughters of the Lake Poets

Kathleen Jones
�10.99

A revealing account of life behind the scenes in the families of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey, looking at the lives of the women in their lives.

Published by :	Virago
Published date :	1998
Format :	Paperback.

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A Portrait of a Friendship - William Wordsworth & James Losh

Pamela Woof
�5.00

This essay began as a lecture given at Wreay, near Carlisle, when a study day was held to promote interest in St. Mary's Church, Wreay and to raise funds for the restoration of its roof.

Published by :	The Wordsworth Trust
Published date :	2008
Format :	150mm x 225mm paperback

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A Slip From Grace: More tales of Little Ireland

Sean Close
�9.95

A second book from Sean Close, following on from Little Ireland: Memories of a Cleator Childhood.

Published by :	Close Publishing
Published date :	2002
Format :	Paperback.

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A Striking Likeness: The Life of George Romney

David A. Cross
�35.00

Richly illustrated, this is the first biography of Romney to explore the full diversity of his innovation.

Published by :	Ashgate
Published date :	2000
Format :	Hardback.

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A Victorian Marriage: Mandell and Louise Creighton

James Covert
�19.95

A fascinating biography of Mandell Creighton, a famous historian and first editor of the English Historical Review, and his wife Louise, a prolific historian in her own right. They lived in Carlisle for a period.

Published by :	Hambledon and London
Published date :	2000
Format :	Hardback.

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A Year At Ambleside: Harriet Martineau At Ambleside

Harriet Martineau; Barbara Todd
�10.00

This is a concise and vivid biography of Martineaus Ambleside years and includes A Year at Ambleside by Harriet Martineau, for the first time published in book form.

Published by :	Bookcase
Published date :	2002
Format :	Paperback.

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An Ancient Squires Family - The History of the Aglionbys c. 1130-2002

Henry Summerson
�25.00

The Aglionbys owed their importance to the fact that they became, and remained for nine hundred years, a solid abiding presence in the squirearchy of Cumberland, a section of local society that there, as everywhere else, played a vital part in the structures of local government and social organisation.

Published by :	Bookcase
Published date :	November 2007
Format :	176mm x 250mm hardback

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An Independent Woman's Lake District Writings

Harriet Martineau
�12.00

This book brings together a collection of Harriet Martineau's writing about the English Lake District where she lived from the 1840s through the 1870s.

Published by :	Humanity Books
Published date :	2004
Format :	Paperback.

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And Nobody Woke Up Dead: The Life and Times of Mabel Barker - Climber and Educational Pioneer

Jan Levi
�16.00

Mabel Barker, a child of the 1880s, grew up with a secret passion for the hills. To her, rock climbing was the sport of gods; she could not believe her luck when Millican Dalton, famous caveman of the Lake District, invited her to do a roped climb. Supremely talented and naturally fearless, she was soon climbing with the best climbers of the day, making a stunning fourth ascent of Central Buttress with her dear friend and climbing partner C.D.Frankland. This book tells the heart-warming story of a woman who lived life to the full and fought for what she believed in.

Published by :	The Ernest Press
Published date :	2006
Format :	Small Hardback

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Annie O' The Mill: A Cumbrian Life Remembered

Anne Dawes
�12.99

This is the story of Anne Dawes' maternal grandmother, Annie Irving. She spent most of her life in the north Cumbrian village of Walton. It is a story of a life, spirit and character that reflect the independence and fortitude of many of her generation.

Published by :	Lilma Press
Published date :	2005
Format :	Paperback.

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Arthur Ransome & Captain Flint's Trunk

Christina Hardyment
�12.99

This new edition of the classic account of a voyage in search of Arthur Ransome will be welcomed by lovers of his books all over the world.

Published by :	Frances Lincoln
Published date :	January 2007
Format :	210mm x 140mm paperback

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Arthur Ransome Under Sail

Roger Wardale
�9.99

Arthur Ransome, author of Swallows and Amazons, kept detailed logs of all his voyaging, and it is from these and countless letters to friends, as well as a wealth of anecdotes, that Roger Wardale pieced together this revealing, funny and moving portrait of the lovable and intrepid old sea-dog, Captain Flint � alias Arthur Ransome himself.

Published by :	Sigma Leisure
Published date :	April 2010
Format :	148mm x 210mm paperback

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Arthur Ransome's Lake District

Jon Sparks
�14.99

Arthur Ransome�s �Swallows and Amazons� books have never been out of print since they first appeared in the 1930s and �40s.They remain popular with today�s children, and command a large and loyal adult following. Their appeal owes a great deal to the fact that they are populated by real people, and that they inhabit real places and sail real boats.

Published by : Halsgrove

Published date : June 2007

Format : 220mm x 235mm hardback

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