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Dubbin, Gerry

 
9781921791710: Conversations with a Small Boy
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1921791713 ISBN 13 : 9781921791710
Editeur : BookPal, 2010

Synopsis

This book recalls the life and times of a small boy who grew to early manhood in Leeds, principle city of the English county of Yorkshire. The period 1939 to 1945 that became known as "The war that changed the world", forms the backdrop to this record about life and living as experienced by his family and millions of other English working class folk across the north of England who struggled through and emerged from the 'Great Depression' and 6 years of a worldwide war. Grandson of Ashkenazi Jews, who had fled from their homes in a Lithuanian village around the turn of the 20th century, the author recalls their lives and hardships experienced living under their Russian masters; a hard life that drove them and thousands of others who suffered pogroms, rape and murder, to search for a happier life in England; a strange, and to them, foreign land. The story of his growth to manhood, his struggles with and later rejection of the faith of his forebears - and his incisive views on religion and other events currently shaking a troubled world, make interesting and thought provoking reading.

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Reseña del editor

This book recalls the life and times of a small boy who grew to early manhood in Leeds, principle city of the English county of Yorkshire. The period 1939 to 1945 that became known as "The war that changed the world", forms the backdrop to this record about life and living as experienced by his family and millions of other English working class folk across the north of England who struggled through and emerged from the 'Great Depression' and 6 years of a worldwide war. Grandson of Ashkenazi Jews, who had fled from their homes in a Lithuanian village around the turn of the 20th century, the author recalls their lives and hardships experienced living under their Russian masters; a hard life that drove them and thousands of others who suffered pogroms, rape and murder, to search for a happier life in England; a strange, and to them, foreign land. The story of his growth to manhood, his struggles with and later rejection of the faith of his forebears - and his incisive views on religion and other events currently shaking a troubled world, make interesting and thought provoking reading.

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Éditeur
BookPal
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1921791713
ISBN 13 
9781921791710
Reliure
Tapa blanda
Nombre de pages
466
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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