Metcalfe, Jean.
Sunnylea: a 1920s Childhood Remembered
(Michael Joseph, 1980).
With beautiful watercolour prints. Hardback. Very good in faded, slightly soiled dustwrapper. 60pp. Order No. NSBK-A3735
Keywords: 0718119231, Jean Metcalfe, watercolours, autobiography, memoirs, child, childhood, autobiographies
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Dayus, Kathleen.
All My Days:
(Virago, rpt., 1993).
The third book in the trilogy. Paperback. Light edge wear to covers, otherwise good. 154pp. Order No. NSBK-C7182
Keywords: 0860680762, Kathleen Dayus, All My Days, Birmingham, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, life histories, life history, lives, memoirs, Second World War, World War Two, 2, II, twentieth century, 20th, women writers, woman writer, women's writing
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Ping-Ying, Hsieh.
The Autobiography of a Chinese Girl: A Genuine Autobiography
(George Allen and Unwin, 5th impress., 1945).
With a Preface by Gordon Bottomley. Translated into English with an introduction by Tsui Chi. Hardback. Very good in slightly soiled, slightly chipped dw. 216pp. Order No. NSBK-C4697
Keywords: B000HGWTVA, China, Chinese, autobiography, autobiographies, memoirs, life histories, history, histories, Hsieh Ping-Ying
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Symes, R. A.
Tracing Your Ancestors Through Letters and Personal Writings: a Guide for Family Historians
(Pen and Sword, 2016).
Could your ancestors write their own names or did they mark official documents with a cross? Why did great-grandfather write so cryptically on a postcard home during the First World War? Why did great-grandmother copy all the letters she wrote into letter-books? How unusual was it that great-uncle sat down and wrote a poem, or a memoir? Researching Family History Through Ancestors' Personal Writings looks at the kinds of (mainly unpublished) writing that could turn up amongst family papers from the Victorian period onwards - a time during which writing became crucial for holding families together and managing their collective affairs. With industrialisation, improved education, and far more geographical mobility, British people of all classes were writing for new purposes, with new implements, in new styles, using new modes of expression and new methods of communication (e.g. telegrams and postcards). Our ancestors had an itch for scribbling from the most basic marks (initials, signatures and graffiti on objects as varied as trees, rafters and window ledges), through more emotionally-charged kinds of writing such as letters and diaries, to more creative works such as poetry and even fiction. This book shows family historians how to get the most out of documents written by their ancestors and, therefore, how better to understand the people behind the words. Paperback. New book, fine. ix + 270pp. Order No. NSBK-A15529
Keywords: 9781473855434, family, geneaology, family trees, geneaological, diaries, social history, family historians, ancestors, literacy, correspondence, journals, autobiographies, signatures, commonplace books
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Smith, Anne.
Women Remember: an Oral History
(Routledge, 1989).
Hardback. With newspaper cuttings pasted to endpapers, otherwise very good in slightly creased dustwrapper. 246pp. Order No. NSBK-C4236
Keywords: 0415033306, women, oral history, history, memories, autobiography, autobiographies, memories, memory, life history, life histories, Britain, British, England, English, family, interview, interviews, twentieth century
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Melmoth, Jenny.
A Cat in My Lap:
(Alfresco Books, first paperback version, 2004).
Illustrated by Jo Berriman. Paperback. Fine. 172pp. Order No. NSBK-C8373
Keywords: 1873727194, Alfresco Books, Jenny Melmoth, poets, poems, poetry, prose, cat, cats, feline, autobiography, autobiographies, women, women poets, women writers, kittens, Jo Berriman, pets, pet, pet owners, cat owners
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Lovett, Richard.
James Chalmers: His Autobiography and Letters
(The Religious Tract Society, fourth edit., 1903).
With two maps and eight portraits and illustrations. Hardback. Edges slightly worn, corners and spine ends bent, small splash on front board, otherwise good. 511pp. Order No. NSBK-A5754
Keywords: B00087LEZ0, James Chalmers, autobiography, autobiographies, life history, life histories, autobiographical, Richard Lovett, Christian, Christianity, religion, religious, missionary, missionaries, missions, Rarotonga, New Guinea, Hervey Group, Suau, Namau, London Missionary Society, cannibals, canniblism, Motumoto, Dopima, the Fly River, Victorian, nineteenth century
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Cooper, Thomas.
The Life of Thomas Cooper:
(Leicester UP, 1971).
With an introduction by John Saville. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 400pp. Order No. NSBK-A8323
Keywords: 0718550161, Thomas Cooper, autobiography, autobiographical, autobiographies, lives, life histories, life history, memoir, working, man, Chartists, Chartism, nineteenth century, 19th, Leicester, Leicestershire, working class, working-class, classes, Victorian, political, politics, John Saville
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Lewis, Jon E.
True World War I Stories: Sixty Personal Narratives of the War
(Robinson, rpt, 1999).
Paperback. Spine creased, otherwise good+. 425pp. Order No. NSBK-A14176
Keywords: 1841190950, World War 1, World War One, World War I, First World War, Great War, wars, warfare, twentieth century, 20th, autobiographies, autobiography, memories, Somme, Loos, Ypres, Western Front
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Thompson, Flora.
Lark Rise to Candleford:
(Penguin, rpt., 1984).
Introduced by H. J. Massingham. Paperback. Covers slightly soiled, otherwise good. 537pp. Order No. NSBK-C10112
Keywords: 0140036725, Lark Rise to Candleford, Flora Thompson, autobiography, autobiographical, autobiographies, Victorian, rural, country, countryside, women writers, women's writing, lives, life histories, life history, woman writer
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