Download or read book Great Glasgow Characters written by John Burrowes and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are few cities in the world to rival Glasgow and the extraordinary happenings that have occurred there, and in this engrossing sequel to Great Glasgow Stories, more of the finest of these are recounted. From the story of the biggest youth movement the world has ever known to the life and crimes of Scotland's most colourful criminal, Johnny Ramensky, whom even the police dubbed 'Gentle Johnny', a vivid picture of the city's eventful history emerges. Elsewhere, the hilarious scenes that greeted the most sensational visitor Glasgow ever had - Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess - are recounted, and the shocking case of one of BBC radio drama's best-known personalities, who was found brutally murdered in his flat in Govan, is explored. Read, too, about doomed pugilist Jackie Peterson, dubbed 'the second Benny Lynch', and about the accidental death in 1931 of Celtic's 'Prince of Goalkeepers', John Thomson, which shocked the city and remains the saddest event in the club's history. These are just some of the highlights to be found in this compelling collection of stories about the great city of Glasgow and its myriad entertaining characters.
Download or read book The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages written by Ainsworth Rand Spofford and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glasgow Characters written by Peter Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lives and Characters of the Officers of the Crown and of the State in Scotland written by George Crawfurd and published by . This book was released on 1726 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glasgow written by John Burrowes and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not only has Glasgow produced some incredible personalities, it has also been witness to some of the greatest happenings of our times. These outstanding people and epoch-making events are featured in Glasgow: Tales of the City. As a result of painstaking research, some startling new facts have emerged about the life and times of some of the city's most interesting characters. The many individuals documented in this book include the world's greatest pilot, whose many flying feats are still held in great awe today and unlikely ever to be repeated. He was hailed as a hero in America, they gave a him a ticker-tape reception in New York and Hollywood begged him to be a star. More recently, Glasgow was popularised by a TV programme about the city's tough police officer Taggart. The role of the Glasgow detective made Mark McManus one of Scotland's first international TV stars, and Mark's own life story makes equally compelling reading. Before Billy Connolly, Glasgow's greatest-ever comedian was Lex McLean. He smashed all the box-office records in a Glasgow theatre and became a legend in his own lifetime. His story has never before been told in such detail. This is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating studies of Scotland's largest city ever published.
Download or read book The Lives and Characters of the Officers of the Crown and of the State in Scotland from the Beginning of the Reign of King David I to the Union of the Two Kingdoms Collected from Originals Charters Chartularies Authentick Records an the Most Approved Histories To which is Added an Appendix Containing Several Original Papers Relating to the Lives and Referring to Them By George Crawfurd Vol I written by George Crawfurd and published by . This book was released on 1726 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biographia Scoticana Or a Brief Historical Account of the Lives Characters and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies from Mr Patrick Hamilton who was Born about the Year of Our Lord 1503 to Mr James Renwick who was Executed at Edinburgh Feb 1688 Together with a Succinct Account of the Lives of Other Seven Eminent Divines and Sir R Hamilton of Preston Also an Appendix Containing a Short Historical Hint of the Wicked Lives of Some of the Most Remarkable Apostates and Bloody Persecutors in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution By J Howie Third Edition Corrected and Enlarged written by and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thistledown written by Robert Ford and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2022-08-21 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thistledown" by Robert Ford. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book The Character of Cricket written by Tim Heald and published by Dean Street Press. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During one long summer during the mid-1980's, Tim Heald toured England, absorbing the flavour of at least one cricket ground in every first-class county, and a good many more besides. He wanted to discover the true character of the English game, among those who ate, slept and dreamt cricket in all corners of the country. The results are charming, heart-warmingly funny, and often surprising. In conversation with the kind of people who give the game its backbone -a gateman at Leicester, the groundsman at Swansea, a programme-seller at Bristol, a quintessential cricket-mad parson at Chelmsford -the author evokes some colourful ghosts, from the ubiquitous W.G. Grace (once punched in the face in Northampton) to Prebendary Wickham of Martock, and hears some strange stories -the Derbyshire captain absconding with the cash (and ending up as a tailor for the King of Spain); the Nottinghamshire team fielding in lounge suits; the match in which the schoolboy Douglas Jardine was reduced to tears by Gubby Allen's gamesmanship. The Character of Cricket is both a celebration of the national game and an evocation of a particular way of life -happily one still pursued in the England of today. "Cricket books should meet one or more of these necessary requirements, being either literate and amusing to read, or meticulously researched, or original in concept. Tim Heald's The Character of Cricket triumphantly meets all three." Benny Green, Sunday Times"First-rate stuff, in the great and ... timeless tradition of English cricket writing." Punch
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Download or read book Great Glasgow Stories written by John Burrowes and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few cities in the world abound with so many extraordinary stories as Glasgow. The city has been the silent witness to some of the most significant events of the past century, from major triumphs to cataclysmic calamities, and the best of these anecdotes are compiled here to form this unique collection. Amongst the notable events revisited are the launching of the Queen Mary, which captivated the city's inhabitants in 1934, the victorious 16-month work-in campaign by the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders in the early 1970s, the Ibrox disaster of 1971 and the plague that gripped the Gorbals in 1900. Some of Glasgow's most successful people are also covered, including Clydeside revolutionary John Maclean, founder of the Barras Maggie McIver and the inimitable Billy Connolly, whose humour and colourful personality are synonymous with the city. From the Battle of George Square to the bravery of the Glasgow people during the Blitz, Great Glasgow Stories provides an all-encompassing view of the city throughout the eras.
Download or read book Ecclesiastical Chronicle for Scotland written by James Frederick Skinner Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mr Buckingham s Defence of his Public and Private Character against the atrocious calumnies contained in a false and slanderous pamphlet i e A Sketch of the History of the Indian Press by Sandford Arnot etc written by James Silk BUCKINGHAM and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nature s revelations of character or the mental moral and volitive dispositions of mankind as manifested in the human form and countenance written by Joseph Simms and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nature s Revelations of Character Or the Mental Moral and Volitive Dispositions of Mankind as Manifested in the Human Form and Countenance Illustrated Etc written by Joseph Simms and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nature s Revelation of Character Or The Mental Moral and Volitive Dispositions of Mankind as Manifested in the Human Form and Countenance Complete in One Volume written by Joseph Simms (M.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pre grouping Railways Their Development and Individual Characters written by Christine Heap and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
