Reading Experience Database
1450-1945

Listing for Reader: Eric Shipton

 

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Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'I slept most of the morning, and in the afternoon I lay in the sun and read copies of the Calcutta "Statesman " four ...Eric Shipton Calcutta StatesmanPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945'But instead of learning to sail, I read Edward Whymper's "Travels among the Great Andes of the Equator". The author i...Eric Shipton Edward WhymperTravels among the Great Andes of the EquatorPrint: Book
1900-1945'My early reading had been confined to the work of the pioneers, and in consequence it never occurred to me that big m...Eric Shipton George D. AbrahamSwiss Mountain ClimbsPrint: Book
1900-1945'The voyage took a month.[...] We had collected all the available literature about Nanda Devi, and before long we knew...Eric Shipton Hugo's UrduPrint: Book
1900-1945 'Our library too was a weighty affair. Shipton had the longest novel that had been published in recent years, Warren ...Eric Shipton Margaret MitchellGone with the WindPrint: Book
1900-1945'Then came those old-fashioned books of natural history that dealt courageously with The Universe, illustrating it wit...Eric Shipton unknown[books of natural history]Print: Book

 

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