Martha Martin (b.1871): Purpose & Audience But if I had ever thought I might have written all this, I would have kept a diary Martha Martin, ‘The Ups …
James H. McKenzie (1862-1952): Purpose and Audience ‘The many stories I could pen of what incidents occur’d during my stay with my Peggotty Hut would fill a volume’ James …
Thomas Jordan (B.1892): Purpose and Audience ‘Most working-class autobiographies begin not with a family lineage or a birthdate but rather with an apology for their authors’ ordinariness’ (Gagnier, …
William Webb (1830-1919) – Purpose & Audience This blog looks at the purpose of William’s autobiography, as well as observing the audience he targets. In order to fully appreciate …
Charles V. Skargon (b. 1900): Purpose & Audience Often some of my clients (assurance) whose husbands were at sea, would tell me what their men were putting up with when …
Mary Hollinrake (b. 1912): Purpose & Audience Mary Hollinrake, born in 1912 in Todmorden, wrote her memoir covering the early years in her life, the first 20 or so …
Adeline Hodges (b.1899): Purpose & Audience ‘Yes times have changed and the greater part for the better, but don’t believe that the old days were all bad. We …
Amy Gomm (b.1899-1984) : Purpose and Audience ‘The depths of grief, the peaks of happiness – they’re all water under the bridge now, to be forgotten unless we do …
