Record Number: 18486
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Then came those old-fashioned books of natural history that dealt courageously with The Universe, illustrating it with quaint engravings of strange rock formations in the Hartz Mountains, the Mammoth caves in Kentucky, the Aurora Borealis, and the eruption of Mount Etna; always with little men armed with long staves, looking as though they themselves were responsible for the phenomena. But none of these were part of the school curricula.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1914 and 31 Dec 1919
Country:England or Ceylon
Timen/a
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1 Aug 1907
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:child
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:English born in Ceylon
Country of Experience:England or Ceylon
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[books of natural history]
Genre:Children's Lit, Geography / Travel, Natural history
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:18486
Source:Eric Shipton
Editor:n/a
Title:Upon That Mountain: in The Six Mountain Travel Books
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1999 (1943)
Vol:n/a
Page:316
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Eric Shipton, Upon That Mountain: in The Six Mountain Travel Books, (London, 1999 (1943)), p. 316, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18486, accessed: 09 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Text read during prep school years, date range an estimate.