JOHNNY RICHARDSON: MEMORIES OF A LEGEND. By Midge Todhunter.
# 2020 1st edition. A5 paperback (150 x 228mm). Ppii,127. B/w photographs.
# "A shepherd boy from Buttermere who was called up for World War II and sent to the front line in France. Posted next to Egypt, he was taken prisoner at Tobruk and shipped to POW camps in occupied Italy from which he escaped three times. While on the run he was sheltered in a mountain village near Rome for several months and went back 40 years later to thank the village people for giving him sanctuary. He finally made it back to Cumberland to become the legendary huntsman of the Blencathra Hunt at Threlkeld, a widely recognised expert on the fells' indigenous Herdwick sheep and, a legend in his own lifetime."
# "A shepherd boy from Buttermere who was called up for World War II and sent to the front line in France. Posted next to Egypt, he was taken prisoner at Tobruk and shipped to POW camps in occupied Italy from which he escaped three times. While on the run he was sheltered in a mountain village near Rome for several months and went back 40 years later to thank the village people for giving him sanctuary. He finally made it back to Cumberland to become the legendary huntsman of the Blencathra Hunt at Threlkeld, a widely recognised expert on the fells' indigenous Herdwick sheep and, a legend in his own lifetime."
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Book Code
58127
Author | Todhunter (Midge). |
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Book Code | 58127 |
ISBN | No ISBN. |
Book Description | Very good copy. Signed by the author. |
Book Cover | Paperback |
Published Date | 1993 |
Publisher | Red Earth Publications. |
Place | Ulverston, Cumbria. |