A Daily Record
Anthology of Diary Extracts
Published on 1. March 1991
Book
Spiral bound
144 pages
978-0-7487-0569-6 (ISBN)
Description
An anthology of extracts from diaries compiled by well-known figures from many different fields of human activity, from distinguished diarists from history, such as Samuel Pepys and Fanny Burney, to present-day sporting celebrities.
An anthology of extracts from diaries compiled by well-known figures from many different fields of human activity, from distinguished diarists from history, such as Samuel Pepys and Fanny Burney, to present-day sporting celebrities.
An anthology of extracts from diaries compiled by well-known figures from many different fields of human activity, from distinguished diarists from history, such as Samuel Pepys and Fanny Burney, to present-day sporting celebrities.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Illustrations
b&w illustrations, photographs, further reading list, references
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 185 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7487-0569-6 (9780748705696)
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Content
Keeping a diary - Fanny Burney, Anne Frank; childhood - W.N.P.Barbellion, Evelyn Waugh; animals - Gilbert White, J.R.Ackerley; out of doors - Dorothy Wordsworth, Denton Welch; seeing - Helen Keller, Ved Mehta; a different perspective - Samuel Johnson, James Boswell; prisons - Jimmy Boyle, Anne Frank; sport - Graeme Fowler, Peter Beardsley; isolation - Lucy Irvine, Tony Parker; adventure - Chris Bonington, Capt R.Scott; war - Vera Brittain, Mrs Milburn; New Year's Eve - Samuel Pepys, Andy Warhol.