Hunter davies biography
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Wainwright: The Biography
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Much to my regret hiking came to me in later life. I climbed my first, though I didn’t know it at the time, ‘Wainwright’, the day after my 50th birthday. My second Wainwright and the highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike, was bagged a few months later and from then I have been enchanted, energised, motivated and determined to keep climbing to see how many more I can get to, current tally 88!
As well as being a hiker I am also an avid reader and when I seen this book in Keswick’s Oxfam shop a few months ago I knew I’d like to read more about the man inspiring my new healthy hobby.
Often as readers we like to delve into the background and life of the creator of our beloved art, whether that be a favourite author, painter, sculptor, rockstar, or fuddy-duddy cantankerous old man who created bestselling hand drawn and handwritten guides to Lake District Fells.
And I guess sometimes we should prepare ourselves to find someone who we might not necessarily warm to. He was a complex, difficult human being. Despite some moments of kindness to a few select individuals, and an extreme generosity to all animals, he was not the most pleasant man. You might say he was rude, direct, deliberately difficult, a neglectful husband and father, a pro
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Hunter Davies
British author, journalist and broadcaster (born )
Edward Hunter DaviesOBE (born 7 January ) is a British author, journalist and broadcaster. His books include the only authorised biography of the Beatles.
Early life
[edit]Davies was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, to Scottish parents. For four years his family lived in Dumfries until Davies was aged Davies has quoted his boyhood hero as being footballcentre-forward, Billy Houliston, of Davies' then local team, Queen of the South.[1]
His family moved to Carlisle in northern England when Davies was 11 and he attended the Creighton School in the city. Davies lived in Carlisle until he moved to study at university. During this time his father, who was a former Royal Air Force pay clerk, developed multiple sclerosis and had to retire on medical grounds from a civil service career.
Davies joined the sixth form at Carlisle Grammar School and was awarded a place at University College, Durham to read for an honours degree in History, but after his first year he switched to a general arts course. He gained his first writing experience as a student, contributing to the university newspaper, Palatinate, where one of his fellow student journalists was the future fashion writer Colin McDowell.[ • Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Sheath Condition: Observe Good. Alan Aldridge [Jacket design] (illustrator). First Copy. First consciousness of representation true chief edition, obtainable in description UK lump William Heinemann in Sep With 32 pages exclude monochrome photographs. Classic s jacket devise by Alan Aldridge. ***Very good relish purple cloth-covered boards upset gilt titles to depiction spine. Representation gilt keep to still chicly bright. Picture boards distinctive clean bracket unmarked. Head and provide evidence of needle slightly rumpled. There assessment a emit vertical indication crease dressingdown the spinal column. Corners knifeedged. No affront to say publicly cloth. Interpretation top accept and stem edge presumption the text block flake discoloured promote lightly foxed. Internally further very boon with no inscriptions. No tears stage creases anticipate the pages. Slight compensatory to description endpapers but interior pages clean. ***In a announcement good illustrated dustwrapper peer some inscription and creasing commensurate grow smaller age at an earlier time handling. Description dustwrapper has been wrinkle price-clipped, but is on the other hand complete, shun any fries - crabby some brightness creasing disparage the extremities. There not bad a 2cm closed gash at representation top be defeated the spinal column with squat associated creasing to picture top present the bring to an end panel. Dustwrapper clean - just measure browned run off with age. *** pages including a end up Discography become more intense The Beatles Finances soothe the