Nobbut a Lad
A Yorkshire childhood
$28.88
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
9 August 2007
Summary
In this warm, wonderfully evocative and often hilarious memoir, one of the best-loved men in Britain, Alan Titchmarsh, brilliantly recalls his childhood in 1950s Yorkshire.
Alan Titchmarsh grew up, and developed his passion for nature in the wild and beautiful landscape of Yorkshire. A real treat for his millions of fans, the ever-popular presenter vividly depicts a childhood of simple pleasures like climbing trees and fishing in streams, in a time of post-war austerity. It was not a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780340831182 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0340831189 |
| Author: | Alan Titchmarsh |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2007 |
| Weight: | 246g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 23mm |
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‘Filled with beautifully textured, wonderfully astute observations on the characters that peopled his childhood in the Fifties€¦ very much an anti-misery memoir.’
‘A gentle exercise in nostalgia.’ - Financial Times
‘Filled with beautifully textured, wonderfully astute observations on the characters that peopled his childhood in the Fifties very much an anti-misery memoir.’ - Daily Express‘Britain’s favourite TV presenter recalls his happy childhood in ‘50s Yorkshire. With a great eye for detail, he paints an affectionate portrait of a bygone era.’ - Woman & HomeAbout The Author
Alan Titchmarsh
Alan Titchmarsh is known to millions through the popular BBC TV programmes British Isles: A Natural History, How to be a Gardener, Ground Force and Gardeners’ World. He has written more than forty gardening books, as well as six best-selling novels and his first volume of memoirs Trowel and Error - notes from a life on earth. He was made MBE in the millennium New Year Honours list and holds the Victoria Medal of Honour, the Royal Horticultural Society’s highest award. He lives with his wife and a menagerie of animals in Hampshire where he gardens organically.
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