In the mind's eye : the blinded veterans of St Dunstan's / David Castleton ; foreword by Robert Leader.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Castleton, David, author.

Leader, Robert, author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

St. Dunstan's (Organization).

Disabled veterans--Rehabilitation--Great Britain.

Disabled veterans.

Veterans--Great Britain.

Veterans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

South Yorkshire, England : Pen and Sword Military, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discover the stories of the men and women who sacrificed their sight for their country. Since 1915 St Dunstan's (now Blind Veterans UK) has helped thousands of war-blinded men and women to rejoin society and live their lives to the full. This compelling book includes new research from the St Dunstan's archive and previously untold stories of the people, both blind and sighted, involved in the charity during the First and Second World Wars. St Dunstan's was founded by Sir Arthur Pearson, a blind press baron determined to prove that the blind could make a valuable contribution to society. Early

Contents:

Foreword by Robert Leader; Prologue; Chapter 1 Pearson's Vision; Chapter 2 Regent's Park and Rehabilitation; Chapter 3 St Dunstan's Versus Arsenal; Chapter 4 After-care and Independence; Chapter 5 Appeals and Arguments; Chapter 6 'The Stayer's handicap'; Chapter 7 'A Byword for the Blind at home and Overseas'; Chapter 8 The King is Dead, Long Live the King!; Chapter 9 Government Inquiry; Chapter 10 The 1930s: Recession and Retrenchment; Chapter 11 The Quest for Independent Mobility; Chapter 12 Talking Books; Chapter 13 A Centre Designed for the Blind; Chapter 14 The World at War Again

Chapter 15 Church StrettonChapter 16 Bombs on London; Chapter 17 Prisoners of War; Chapter 18 Survival in the Far East; Chapter 19 Tembani: 'home from home'; Chapter 20 Women at St Dunstan's; Chapter 21 Working in a Sighted World; Chapter 22 Physiotherapy - the Ideal Profession; Chapter 23 'handy Andies': the Deaf and Blind; Chapter 24 Research; Conclusion: The Blind Leading the Blind; Acknowledgements; Roll of Honour; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"(As Blind Veterans UK, the charity now cares for ex-servicepeople blind from any cause)".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 28, 2014).

ISBN:

9781473829954

147382995X

9781473831117

1473831113