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Ragged Schooling
Robert Roberts
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Description for Ragged Schooling
Paperback. In this autobiography, the author evokes his Edwardian childhood in his portrait of a vanished community as he tells how he and the other children of Salford struggled daily to survive the poverty that surrounded them. Num Pages: 218 pages, illustrations port. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGHA; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 125 x 17. Weight in Grams: 214.
With great humour and vitality, Robert Roberts evokes his Edwardian childhood in the vivid portrait of a vanished community. Breathing the smoke from the factory chimneys, the children of Salford struggled daily to survive the grinding poverty that surrounded them. Sharing lively games along the railways lines and canal banks, their lives were rich in experience and comradeship.
With great humour and vitality, Robert Roberts evokes his Edwardian childhood in the vivid portrait of a vanished community. Breathing the smoke from the factory chimneys, the children of Salford struggled daily to survive the grinding poverty that surrounded them. Sharing lively games along the railways lines and canal banks, their lives were rich in experience and comradeship.
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
214g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781901341010
SKU
V9781901341010
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Ref
99-15
About Robert Roberts
Robert Roberts (1905–1979) was born in Salford in 1905. His books ‘The Classic Slum’ and ‘A Ragged Schooling’ have been hailed as classics of working class autobiography -- .
Reviews for Ragged Schooling
'One of the best and most sensitive of English working-class autobiographies' The Guardian ' A marvelous piece of work ... this vivid portrait of a vanished community ... bubbles with comic vitality Spectator 'The autobiography of an exceptional man ... a memoir of quite extraordinary richness' The Observer
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