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Record Number: 33834


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'St Patrick's Day. Read An Algonquin Bride by Alan Wetherall.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

17 Mar 1916

Country:

Tanganyika

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Tabora
specific address: Tabora Prisoner of War Camp

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Buchanan Reginald Westgate

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

21 Sep 1872

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Missionary

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

Canada

Country of Experience:

Tanganyika

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Alan Wetherall

Title:

An Algonquin Bride

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

33834

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Thomas Buchanan Reginald Westgate

Title:

Diary 1916

Location:

Cadbury Library, University of Birmingham

Call No:

CMS/ACC491 F9

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Buchanan Reginald Westgate, Diary 1916, Cadbury Library, University of Birmingham, CMS/ACC491 F9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33834, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

This title is untraceable: it may have been a piece of magazine fiction.

   
   
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