Thomas Cairns Livingstone began to note his day-to-day experiences in 1913 and continued faithfully for the next 20 years. With each witty and well-observed entry, he recorded events at home and abroad through times of war and peace, joy and sadness. In this follow-up to the acclaimed Tommy's War, the focus is on the post-war years. Alongside engaging, warm-hearted recollections of everyday life with his wide circle of family, neighbours and friends, Thomas documents everything from the lingering effects of the war and post-war politics to cultural and social aspects of the era, including the rise of cinema and radio, the standard of dentists and opticians before the NHS, the partition of Ireland, the General Strike, the division of domestic labour, Clyde coastal holidays and the expansion of Glasgow. Yet, above all, Thomas affectionately chronicles family life with his hard-working wife, Agnes, and writes with pride of his clever young son, Tommy. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white sketches from Thomas' original diaries and various other artefacts from the period, Tommy's Peace is a tremendous document of a bygone era that vividly evokes family life in Glasgow between the wars.
Vorwort
The keenly anticipated follow-up to Tommy's War, Thomas Cairns Livingstone's experience of the Great War
Autorentext
Vorwort
The keenly anticipated follow-up to Tommy's War, Thomas Cairns Livingstone's experience of the Great War
Autorentext
Thomas Cairns Livingstone
Titel
Tommy's Peace
Untertitel
A Family Diary 1919-33
Autor
EAN
9781845968595
ISBN
978-1-84596-859-5
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
28.10.2011
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
8.39 MB
Anzahl Seiten
528
Jahr
2011
Untertitel
Englisch
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