| Evidence: | '"I am going to call attention in this department," it ran, "to the fact that the most informing - and upsetting - book to read to-day on the Abyssinian crisis is "Mandoa, Mandoa!" I wrote the review in "Books"; this summer I bought the English edition to re-read in the light of present events. Heavens, how well it stood the test!"' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1935 and 30 Sep 1935 | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | May Lamberton-Becker |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | unknown |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | unknown |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Winifred Holtby |
| Title: | Mandoa, Mandoa! |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1933 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 23646 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Friendship | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 347 | |
| Additional comments: | Quotation taken from a letter written by May Lamberton Becker of the "New York Herald-Tribune "Books" to Winifred Holtby and received by her in the summer of 1935. |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship (Great Britain, 1980), p. 347, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=23646, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
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