Alfred John Root

Gebundenes Buch

Land of Promise: Surviving the Slump

The Memoirs of an Edwardian North London Boy

Beschreibung

This is the second volume of five of the personal memoirs of a most remarkable man: Alfred John Root (13 September, 1913 - 3 December 2003). He led an extraordinary life. He went blind from measles aged 18 months and into his adulthood until having a prism inserted into one eye which gave him partial sight only. But, astonishingly, he created and ran businesses, and made his own way by drive, talent, optimism, and some hard-earned luck. / We need to remind ourselves constantly that he could barely see, could barely read, and had great difficulty writing. He lived in a predominantly written culture, but he could not complete forms, write letters, or read notices, struggling to read. Yet he educated himself, founded successful businesses, served in the Army in the second world war, and took part in many other activities.

Autor

Alfred Root was the fourth child of Edward ['Eddie'] Everett Root (7 February 1881-19 July 1915) and Kate Root [neé Warren, 20 May 1888 - 10 October 1973]. His father was born in the Hoxton workhouse where his grandmother and two of her 14 children had died of the common diseases of poverty and hunger. Edward Everett Root was blown to pieces at Hooge near Ypres in July 1915, having volunteered at the start of the Great War. He had been a council dustman in Hackney. / Despite a grim heritage of destitution and crushing poverty Alfred Root achieved new freedoms, more personal autonomy, and successes through personal effort and self-responsibility. A key was effort and opportunity in living through modern times of extraordinary cultural and economic transitions, The most striking thing in the memoirs is how spirited a man Alfred Root was.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edward Everett Root
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781913087593
• ISBN-10: 191308759X
• Artikelnr.: 70549833