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Oliver Baldwin : a life of dissent / by Christopher J. Walker.
Van Pelt Library DA574.B33 W35 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walker, Christopher J., 1942-2017.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baldwin, Oliver, 1899-1958.
- Baldwin, Oliver.
- Politicians--Great Britain--Biography.
- Politicians.
- Great Britain.
- Journalists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Journalists.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 355 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Arcadia ; Chicago : Distributed in the USA by Independent Publishers Group, 2003.
- Summary:
- He was the elder son of prime minister Stanley Baldwin. Like his father, he entered public life, but with a difference: he was a socialist while his father was a conservative. He enlisted in the Irish Guards and participated in the decisive advance of British forces in autumn 1918. Back in Britain he his main source of income was that of journalist: in 1934 he wrote a stirring article for the Daily Herald, entitled 'No Facism for British Youth'.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page [344]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1900850869
- OCLC:
- 51841771
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