full screen
Home > From Guttersnipe to Gentleman
From Guttersnipe to Gentleman

From Guttersnipe to Gentleman


     0     
5
4
3
2
1



International Edition


About the Book

This is the story of young boy's dream to escape the poverty of childhood in post war Britain and become 'a somebody'. At the age of 9, with his parents serving prison sentences, he and his six siblings are split up and sent to children's homes where he is labelled 'a guttersnipe'. Eventually re-united with his parents his happiness is undermined by a father whose demons are drink, gambling and wife beating. At the age of 14 he works as a farm labourer under the tough and uncompromising rule of a 'landed gentry' farmer. The appalling living and working conditions drives him to leave home to join the Royal Navy as a boy sailor. He enters the famous/infamous training establishment H.M.S. Ganges. He then joins his first ship, a Cruiser at the age of 17. Whilst abroad he picks up a newspaper and discovers an article featuring his family... his mother is reported missing and the younger children have been placed in the care of the local authority. He later discovers that three of his younger siblings have been adopted. At the age of 19 he marries his South African born girl friend. Following the birth of their first daughter he is drafted to a Destroyer. Unable to desert his family he deserts the navy instead but he eventually turns himself in to the naval authorities. He is found guilty of desertion and returned to his ship. At the age of 21 he applies to join the Royal Navy Regulating and Provost Branch and this proves to be the turning point in his career. With a burning desire to become a Naval Provost Marshal he embarks on a mission of self improvement. The author takes the reader on a journey full of hope, humour, poignancy and success, which ultimately delivers an unexpected fateful blow. Having retired to France he is told that his wife has terminal cancer. They return to England where a year later his wife passes away and she is given a natural burial only a few miles from the town where they were married 51 years earlier. The author now lives in Hampshire. The book is filled with interesting experiences, poems and philosophical accounts of a fully lived life. It is hoped this story will encourage others, also of less fortunate beginnings to engender self belief and develop focused determination to follow their own dreams to happiness and success.


Best Sellers



Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781456797348
  • Publisher: Authorhouse UK
  • Publisher Imprint: Authorhouse UK
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 252
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 508 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1456797344
  • Publisher Date: 07 Oct 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 17 mm
  • Width: 216 mm


Similar Products

Add Photo
Add Photo

Customer Reviews

REVIEWS      0     
Click Here To Be The First to Review this Product
From Guttersnipe to Gentleman
Authorhouse UK -
From Guttersnipe to Gentleman
Writing guidlines
We want to publish your review, so please:
  • keep your review on the product. Review's that defame author's character will be rejected.
  • Keep your review focused on the product.
  • Avoid writing about customer service. contact us instead if you have issue requiring immediate attention.
  • Refrain from mentioning competitors or the specific price you paid for the product.
  • Do not include any personally identifiable information, such as full names.

From Guttersnipe to Gentleman

Required fields are marked with *

Review Title*
Review
    Add Photo Add up to 6 photos
    Would you recommend this product to a friend?
    Tag this Book Read more
    Does your review contain spoilers?
    What type of reader best describes you?
    I agree to the terms & conditions
    You may receive emails regarding this submission. Any emails will include the ability to opt-out of future communications.

    CUSTOMER RATINGS AND REVIEWS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TERMS OF USE

    These Terms of Use govern your conduct associated with the Customer Ratings and Reviews and/or Questions and Answers service offered by Booksbay (the "CRR Service").


    By submitting any content to Booksbay, you guarantee that:
    • You are the sole author and owner of the intellectual property rights in the content;
    • All "moral rights" that you may have in such content have been voluntarily waived by you;
    • All content that you post is accurate;
    • You are at least 13 years old;
    • Use of the content you supply does not violate these Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
    You further agree that you may not submit any content:
    • That is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
    • That infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
    • That violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
    • That is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
    • For which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any unapproved third party;
    • That includes any information that references other websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
    • That contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.
    You agree to indemnify and hold Booksbay (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.


    For any content that you submit, you grant Booksbay a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell, transfer, and/or distribute such content and/or incorporate such content into any form, medium or technology throughout the world without compensation to you. Additionally,  Booksbay may transfer or share any personal information that you submit with its third-party service providers, including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc. in accordance with  Privacy Policy


    All content that you submit may be used at Booksbay's sole discretion. Booksbay reserves the right to change, condense, withhold publication, remove or delete any content on Booksbay's website that Booksbay deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of these Terms of Use.  Booksbay does not guarantee that you will have any recourse through Booksbay to edit or delete any content you have submitted. Ratings and written comments are generally posted within two to four business days. However, Booksbay reserves the right to remove or to refuse to post any submission to the extent authorized by law. You acknowledge that you, not Booksbay, are responsible for the contents of your submission. None of the content that you submit shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Booksbay, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners or third party service providers (including but not limited to Bazaarvoice, Inc.)and their respective directors, officers and employees.

    Accept

    New Arrivals



    Inspired by your browsing history


    Your review has been submitted!

    You've already reviewed this product!