Evidence: | 'I lay in my sleeping bag reading Mr.Richard Aldington's cynical book "Death of a Hero". it is an admirable work but I would have preferred Mr. P.G.Wodehouse on this occasion.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 23 Jul 1937 and 1 Aug 1937 | ||||||||||
Country: | India | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: tent in camp at alt.15,500ft. Garwhal Himalaya | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Frank Smythe |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 6 Jul 1900 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | mountaineer,writer, photographer |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | India |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Richard Aldington |
Title: | Death of a Hero |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 18279 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Frank Smythe | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Valley of the Flowers : in The Six Alpine/Himalayan Climbing Books | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 2000 (1938) | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 749 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Frank Smythe, The Valley of the Flowers : in The Six Alpine/Himalayan Climbing Books (London, 2000 (1938)), p. 749, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18279, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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