Thomas Witlam Atkinson (1799–1861)
Auteur de Oriental and Western Siberia
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Thomas Witlam Atkinson
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1799-03-06
- Date de décès
- 1861-08-13
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- England
- Lieu de naissance
- Cawthorne, Yorkshire, England
- Lieu du décès
- Kent, England
- Professions
- architect
quarryman
stonemason
travel writer
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Membres
- 28
- Popularité
- #471,397
- Évaluation
- 4.5
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 3
So why would this book be interesting and why did I feel it necessary to read, not skim, each page despite all it's shortcomings?
Maybe my abiding interest in the things he was not very interested in and the fact this man was someplace, under special circumstances and at a once in a lifetime view and insight of history that changed before his eyes, and few if any other outsiders ever saw or left a record of it's being, or passing. I found myself trying to be where he was, and feel what he felt, but didn't say, and what he should have felt. Strange feeling for me, strange review also.… (plus d'informations)