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9%OFFChristopher McKee - Sober Men and True - 9780674007369 - V9780674007369
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Sober Men and True

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Description for Sober Men and True Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 300 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBTM; JWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 626.

The image of the naval sailor is that of an enigmatic but compelling figure, a globe-trotting adventurer, swaggering and irresponsible in port but swift to flex the national muscle at sea and beyond. Appealing as this popular image may be, scant effort has been expended to reveal the truth behind the stereotype.

Thanks to Christopher McKee's groundbreaking work, it is now possible to hear from sailors themselves--in this case, those who served in Great Britain's Royal Navy during the first half of the twentieth century. McKee has scoured sailors' unpublished diaries, letters, memoirs, and oral interviews to uncover ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674007369
SKU
V9780674007369
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Christopher McKee
Christopher McKee is Rosenthal Professor and Librarian of the College at Grinnell College.

Reviews for Sober Men and True
Sober Men and True recounts the lives of the enlisted men who served in Britain's Royal Navy from the dreadnought era through World War II, from Gallipoli and Jutland to Taranto and Normandy. With his characteristic diligence, keen insight and superb literary grace, Christopher McKee brings to pulsating life a maritime society of working-class men that has now disappeared. He ... Read more

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