The Cow Dust Hour
Autor John Simmanceen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iul 2014
It covers British Indian life, their customs, idiosyncrasies and superstitions, and Indian superstitions, the Hindu churel being one, the poltergeist another. It talks of Indian traditions and games adopted by British children: goli dunda, Diwali with its fireworks and kite flying, "fighting kites" with patang, choorkee and "Lucknow Nuck" manja - the tissue and bamboo kite, line reel, and crushed glass covered thread to cut opponent's lines And your own fingers It includes some of India's wild life, from black leopards through red monkeys to green Alexandra parakeets.
It is a book about the India I loved, an India now much changed but nevertheless still loved. It is about the Indian Army, the largest all volunteer army the world has ever known, an army that served in two world wars, from Flanders to Mesopotamia to El Alamein. An army that enlisted Hindu, Moslem, Jew, Parsee and Gurkha alike, where Hindu, Sikh, and Moslem soldiers proudly served side by side. So proud and keen were Gurkhas to serve in the British Indian Army that today the British Army boasts Gurkha battalions.
JOHN SIMMANCE
Born in Kasauli, India, 26th July 1928. Educated both in England (Prep school, Tormore, Deal, Kent, 1938-1940 and Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd., Bristol, England, Engineering Apprenticeship, 1945-1949) and in India (St. Edward's High School, Simla, India, 1940-1944).
Served in the British Army, Royal Signals, 1951-1953, Second Lieutenant, England and Egypt.
Three children: Danielle, 1955, Peter, 1957 and Giselle, 1961.
At 85 years old, missing Colette after 56 years of a happy marriage, still in comparative good health and looking forward to next adventure.
Preț: 165.04 lei
Nou
Puncte Express: 248
Preț estimativ în valută:
31.59€ • 32.55$ • 26.67£
31.59€ • 32.55$ • 26.67£
Carte tipărită la comandă
Livrare economică 27 februarie-05 martie
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781457526022
ISBN-10: 1457526026
Pagini: 284
Dimensiuni: 191 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC
ISBN-10: 1457526026
Pagini: 284
Dimensiuni: 191 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Dog Ear Publishing, LLC