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Kindly Light Andrew Norman

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Kindly Light Andrew Norman


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Zusammenfassung

The story of Blind Veterans UK, an organization that was founded 100 years ago by Sir Arthur Pearson, who was himself blind, during the First World War, in order to bring hope and practical help to Allied servicemen blinded in their country's service. It also tells how light from the torch which Pearson lit has spread to all corners of the earth.

Kindly Light Zusammenfassung

Kindly Light: The Story of Blind Veterans Uk Andrew Norman

This is the story, in words and pictures, of Blind Veterans UK, an organization that was founded 100 years ago by Sir Arthur Pearson, who was himself blind, during the First World War, in order to bring hope and practical help to British and Allied servicemen blinded in the service of their country. It also tells of how light from the torch which Pearson lit in 1915 spread to all corners of the earth, to which his beloved St Dunstaners returned, having 'graduated' from the mother organization in Regent's Park - for example, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa. Herewith are accounts of the lives of many St Dunstaner's/Blind Veterans, who each in his or her unique way, triumphed over blindness, together with a unique collection of photographs, including those provided by Blind Veteran's UK, by the Pearson family, and by the families of St Dunstaners throughout the world. And this includes the story of my own grandfather, Thomas Waldin, who was himself a St Dunstaner.

Über Andrew Norman

Andrew Norman was born in Newbury, Berkshire, UK in 1943. Having been educated at Thornhill High School, Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, he qualified in medicine at the Radcliffe Infirmary. He has two children Bridget and Thomas, by his first wife.From 1972-83, Andrew worked as a general practitioner in Poole, Dorset, before a spinal injury cut short his medical career. He is now an established writer whose published works include biographies of Thomas Hardy, T. E. Lawrence, Winston Churchill, Agatha Christie, Enid Blyton, Beatrix Potter, and Adolf Hitler. Andrew was remarried to Rachel in 2005.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Blind Veterans UK; Author's Note; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1, Arthur Pearson: Early Life. 2, Pearson's Weekly. 3, Pearson's Fresh Air Fund. 4, Pearson Remarries: Frensham Place. 5, Pearson the Newspaper Proprietor. 6, Pearson and the Search for the Giant Sloth. 7, C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. 8, Pearson and the Scout Movement. 9, Pearson and the National Institute for the Blind. 10, Pearson and the Founding of St Dunstan's. 11, The Newcomer to St Dunstan's. 12, St Dunstan's Goes from Strength to Strength. 13, Types of Eye Injury and their Treatment. 14, Pearson's Brainchild in Operation. 15, Aftercare. 16, Gladys Cooper and St Dunstan's. 17, Pearson and the Secret of His Success. 18, The 'Chief ' Visits the Front. 19, Further Developments at St Dunstan's. 20, The Armistice and Beyond. 21, Some British St Dunstaners. 22, Some St Dunstaners from Overseas. 23, Pearson and Helen Keller. 24, Richard King Huskinson. 25, Death of the 'Chief '. 26, St Dunstan's Without Pearson. 27, The Second World War. 28, The Great Work Continues. 29, Post-War Timeline of Events. Epilogue; Appendices; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR008878955
9781781553893
1781553890
Kindly Light: The Story of Blind Veterans Uk Andrew Norman
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Broschiert
Fonthill Media Ltd
2015-09-24
192
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