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Landscape with Machines: The First Part of His Autobiography
L.t.c Rolt
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Description for Landscape with Machines: The First Part of His Autobiography
Paperback. Landscape with Machines: The First Part of his Autobiography Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGTA; WGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
L.T.C. Rolt's fame was born from his unique ability to produce works of literature from subject matter seemingly ill suited to such treatment - engineering, canals, railways, steam engines, agricultural machinery, vintage cars - such as in his classic biographies of Brunel, Telford, Trevithick and the Stephensons, and in his superbly written volumes of autobiography. In this, the first part of his autobiography, Rolt tells of his childhood in Chester, on the Welsh border near Hay-on-Wye and in Gloucestershire; of an engineering apprenticeship and career which took him from a farm in the Vale of Evesham to ... Read more
L.T.C. Rolt's fame was born from his unique ability to produce works of literature from subject matter seemingly ill suited to such treatment - engineering, canals, railways, steam engines, agricultural machinery, vintage cars - such as in his classic biographies of Brunel, Telford, Trevithick and the Stephensons, and in his superbly written volumes of autobiography. In this, the first part of his autobiography, Rolt tells of his childhood in Chester, on the Welsh border near Hay-on-Wye and in Gloucestershire; of an engineering apprenticeship and career which took him from a farm in the Vale of Evesham to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750970167
SKU
V9780750970167
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
Reviews for Landscape with Machines: The First Part of His Autobiography
`A fine opportunity to make the acquaintance of a unique man.'
Daily Telegraph
`Compulsory reading . . . enjoyable, readable and thought-provoking.'
Waterways World
Daily Telegraph
`Compulsory reading . . . enjoyable, readable and thought-provoking.'
Waterways World