E.W.Swanton
A Celebration of His Life and Work
Published on 31. July 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-84358-029-4 (ISBN)
Description
For over 70 years, E.W. Swanton described all the great cricket occasions, his knowledge and judgement making him a legend. This celebration of his life includes a selection of the many tributes paid to him, and his final interview in full. The pieces by Swanton himself include not only cricket commentary, but writings on rugby, football, golf and meamories of POW life on the Burma-Siam railway during World War II.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
8pp b&w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 154 mm
Weight
755 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84358-029-4 (9781843580294)
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Persons
David Rayvern Allen worked with E.W. Swanton on preparing Last Over (1996), some of the material from which is included in this new book. He was, until recently, a BBC producer, and is the author or editor of over twenty books: his biography of John Arlott won the Cricket Society Jubilee Award in 1994.