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Record 18277

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Thanks to the efficiency of Mr Kydd, we were overtaken here by a runner, and spent a pleasant half-hour in the shade reading letters from home, and the latest sensations and French railway accidents in the newspapers.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 7 Apr 1930 and 20 Apr 1930
Country: Sikkim
Time: morning
Place: other location: outdoors, on trail in Ranjit Valley, Kanchenjunga foothills
   
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:Frank Smythe
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 6 Jul 1900
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: unknown at that stage of his life
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: Sikkim
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: newspapers
Genre: Ephemera
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 18277  
Source - Print  
  Author: Frank Smythe
  Editor: n/a
  Title: The Kanchenjunga Adventure: in The Six Alpine/Himalayan Climbing Books
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 2000 (1930)
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 195
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Frank Smythe, The Kanchenjunga Adventure: in The Six Alpine/Himalayan Climbing Books (London, 2000 (1930)), p. 195, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18277, accessed: 25 April 2024

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