BillyBrown,I'llTellYourMother

作者 Bill Brown著
出版社 OrionPublishingGroup,Limited
出版时间 2010年6月
ISBN 9781844083787
定价 106.40

内容简介

Withenergyandinsight,BillBrownpaintsavividandlivelypictureofBritainemergingfromtheruinsofthewar,thehungerforopportunity,thegrowingpaceofmodernization,andtheprideandoptimismthatheldcommunitiestogether.Londonerswereintentongettingthemselvesbackontheirfeet,anditprovidedtheperfectopportunityforaboywithambitionandalivelyimagination.BorninBrixton,SouthLondon,in1942,BillBrownwasalovablekidwithanoseformischief.Lefttohisowndeviceswhilebothhisparentswentouttowork,iftherewastroubletobehadBillwouldbeinthethickofit.Ignoringtheshakingoffistsfromhisneighbors,hismother'sscoldings,...

作者简介

BillBrownwasborninBrixton,SouthLondon,in1942andstartedhisown'business'atsevenyearsoldsellinghorsemuck,firewood,andwoodash.BythetimehewastenhewasworkinginBrixtonmarketsinhissparetimeandquicklylearnedhowtosourceanythinganyoneaskedhimfor.BillwasaJack-of-all-tradesuntil1961whenhisuncleencouragedhimtojointheFireService.Billretiredin1984havingrespondedtoatotalof21,000incidentsandsavedmanylives.

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