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Rolling Stonemason: An Autobiography
Fred Bower
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Description for Rolling Stonemason: An Autobiography
Paperback. Fred Bower had a full adventurous life and wrote about it in his own vivid and racy idiom. He was born in Boston, Mass. in 1871. Brought up in Liverpool, he recalls a city of two camps, when it was a common sight to see gory battles on St Patrick's day and July 12th. His travels and his work took him to Donara, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Guelph, Ithaca Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: BGBA; TNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Fred Bower had a full adventurous life and wrote about it in his own vivid and racy idiom. He was born in Boston, Mass. in 1871. Brought up in Liverpool, he recalls a city of two camps, when it was a common sight to see gory battles on St Patrick's day and July 12th. His travels and his work took him to Donara, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Guelph, Ithaca, London, Manchester, New York, Peapack (NJ), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Titusville, Trenton, West Newton, not to mention time spent tramp steaming all the way to Australia and back. He combined the stonemason's craft with diverse ... Read more
Fred Bower had a full adventurous life and wrote about it in his own vivid and racy idiom. He was born in Boston, Mass. in 1871. Brought up in Liverpool, he recalls a city of two camps, when it was a common sight to see gory battles on St Patrick's day and July 12th. His travels and his work took him to Donara, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Guelph, Ithaca, London, Manchester, New York, Peapack (NJ), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Titusville, Trenton, West Newton, not to mention time spent tramp steaming all the way to Australia and back. He combined the stonemason's craft with diverse ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Merlin Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
265g
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780850366242
SKU
V9780850366242
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About Fred Bower
Fred Bower was born in Boston in 1871, of English parents. He was a stonemason and a socialist who traveled throughout England and North America as a journeyman mason, while organizing strikes and speaking at street corners. His autobiography, written in his spare time, was discovered by Mr. John Brophy.
Reviews for Rolling Stonemason: An Autobiography
This is an autobiography as rich in character as the man himself. Mr. Bower has a definite flair for telling a story, and the varied life he has led makes this a thoroughly enjoyable book. From The Spectator, July 1936