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A Vision of Life: Twenties
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Twenty to Twenty
A Vision of Life:
Twenties to the
Millennium
by Thomas F. Jacques |
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U.K. price:
£12.00
US
price:
$22.95
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 318
ISBN: 0-595-47890-5
Published: Dec-2007 |
Thomas F Jacques has a
written a true and vivid
life of an English boy born
into poverty and has
depicted a life without
prejudice to persons past
and present. He now lives as
a state pensioner in his
88th year without wealth and
riches, grateful for being
mentally sound and in full
health.
Book
Description
The Author Thomas F. Jacques
was born in 1920 and was the
second son of six boys. His
Father, a Merchant seaman,
passed away in 1928, leaving
his mother a widow until her
death in 1973. He entered a
Seamen’s Orphanage in
Wokingham, Berkshire, in
January 1929. In 1931 the
name was then changed to the
Royal Merchant Naval
College. Drastic changes
were then made by the
Governors of the college.
(An early photograph of the
college appears on the
cover.) He left the college
in 1935 and, after a
colorful career full of
variety and challenge,
retired in 1982. He is now
in his 88th year.
This book is not only an
autobiography by a very
resourceful man who
experienced the pitfalls and
challenges of life in
Britain prior to and after
the Second World War, but a
valuable history and
documentary of the years
from 1920 to the new
millennium, especially since
everything is seen from the
perspective of the working
class and the nitty-gritty
realities of survival in
times of hardship as well as
plenty. The references to
the latest news and events
of the times, gleaned from
newspaper reports of the
times, give the book its
authentic sense of history.
The author writes: “On
writing this biography,
every word was completely
written from memory and I
never kept a diary. I was
convinced when writing
Twenty to Twenty that my
late mother (who was a
gifted medium) was by my
side assisting me to write
my memoirs.”
About the
author
The
Author Thomas F. Jacques was
born in 1920 and was the
second son of six boys. His
Father, a Merchant seaman,
passed away in 1928, leaving
his mother a widow until her
death in 1973. He entered A
Seamen’s Orphanage in
Wokingham, Berkshire, in
January 1929. In 1931 the
name was then changed to the
Royal Merchant Naval
College. Drastic changes
were then made by the
Governors of the college. He
left the college in 1935
and, after a colourful
career full of variety and
challenge, retired in 1982.
He is now in his 88th
year.
This book is not only an
autobiography by a very
resourceful man who
experienced the pitfalls and
challenges of life in
Britain prior to and after
the Second World War, but a
valuable history and
documentary of the years
from 1920 to the new
millennium, especially since
everything is seen from the
perspective of the working
class and the nitty-gritty
realities of survival in
times of hardship as well as
plenty. The references to
the latest news and events
of the times, gleaned from
newspaper reports of the
times, give the book its
authentic sense of history.
The author writes: “My
Mother was the youngest
daughter of seven sisters;
she gave birth to seven boys
and was always known as a
true medium of the occult
fraternity. Her aid was
given to the finding of a
lost girl found drowned in a
local park, helping the
Police to discover her body.
The loss of my Mother who
passed away in 1973 was
indeed a major blow to my
life. Even today in the year
2007 Mother is always in my
thoughts. On writing this
biography, every word was
completely written from
memory and I never kept a
diary. I was convinced when
writing Twenty to Twenty
that Mother was by my side
assisting me to write my
memoirs. My hope is that you
will enjoy this look into
the past which I hope
depicts some good times as
well as the bad times in the
recent history of this great
country of ours.”
An early photograph of the
Royal Merchant Naval College
in Wokingham, Berkshire
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