Record Number: 30373

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'When asked how he passed the time in the [ship's jail] cell, [Edward] Pullen replied, "Just read the Bible, that's all. Nothing else. You wouldn't have nothing else ... And pick your pound of oakum, see. When you'd picked that, you had nothing else to do ... Just loiter about, see, in the cell".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1907 and 1909

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: At sea aboard HMS Drake

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:

Edward Pullen

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:

30373

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:

39

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Christopher McKee, Sober Men and True: Sailor Lives in the Royal Navy 1900-1945 (Cambridge, MA, 2002), p. 39, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=30373, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None