Sober Men and True - Sailor Lives in the Royal Navy, 1900-1945

Informationen zum Autor Christopher McKee is Rosenthal Professor and Librarian of the College at Grinnell College. Klappentext McKee scours sailors' diaries! letters! memoirs! and oral interviews to uncover the lives and secret thoughts of British men of the lower deck. From working-class childhoods to the hardships of finding civilian employment after leaving the navy! the former sailors speak with candor about the naval life. Illustrations. Zusammenfassung This work allows the reader to hear from sailors who served in the Royal Navy during the first half of the 20th century. The author has scoured sailors' diaries! letters! memoirs! and oral interviews to uncover the lives and secret thoughts of British men of the lower deck.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher McKee
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2002
• EAN: 9780674007369
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00736-9
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, maritime history, Naval forces & warfare, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), British Isles, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Naval forces and warfare, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)