Record Number: 30383

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'"The choice of reading material [in ship's gaol] was either the [italics] Manual of Seamanship [end italics] or the Bible. Having been a freethinker for several years ... I decided to give this [latter] tome the benefit of the doubt and read it from cover to cover, which did nothing to convince me, but only reinforced my views".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1942

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: At sea

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Edward Needham

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)
Sailor, Royal Navy

Occupation:

Sailor

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Bible

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30383

Source:

Print

Author:

Christopher McKee

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Sober Men and True: Sailor Lives in the Royal Navy 1900-1945

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA

Date of Publication:

2002

Vol:

n/a

Page:

40

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Christopher McKee, Sober Men and True: Sailor Lives in the Royal Navy 1900-1945, (Cambridge, MA, 2002), p. 40, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30383, accessed: 01 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

None