Through the Mill (Classic Reprint): The Life of a Mill-Boy - Couverture souple

Al Priddy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331069297 ISBN 13 : 9781331069294

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Through the Mill: The Life of a Mill-Boy is a vivid memoir of a boy growing up in a Northern England mill town, where work, family, and big dreams collide to shape a life beyond the loom.


This edition follows a ten-year-old narrator as he navigates a crowded shop, a bustling market, and the crowded world inside a mill. It blends sharp detail with childhood humor and hardship, revealing how a young worker finds courage and a path toward education.

• Life inside a busy fish-and-poultry shop and the sights, sounds, and smells that mark a child’s everyday world.


• Family dynamics, community characters, and the lure of penny theater, cheap literature, and street skits.


• A turning point that nudges the narrator toward plans for a different life through schooling and self-reliance.


• Themes of resilience, growth, and the power of education to redefine a working-class upbringing.

Ideal for readers interested in authentic coming-of-age stories, memoirs of labor, and historical glimpses into working life at the turn of the century.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Note How many thousand pens are busy reporting and recording mill life! It is a splendid commentary on the fineness of our social conscience that there are so many champions on behalf of overworked boys and girls. Coming now, to take its place among the multitudes of investigations and faithful records of factory life, is this frank, absolutely real and dispassionate Autobiography written by a mill boy who has lived the experiences of this book. So far as can be found this is the first time that such an Autobiography has been printed in English. Since its appearance in the Outlook, the Autobiography has been entirely rewritten and new chapters have been added, so that the book will be practically new to any one who chanced to read the Outlook chapters.
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About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331069297
• ISBN 13: 9781331069294
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 319
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