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Cornish Lives
This is a new series from Truran - at present only one title - but we have coming books on Harry Carter - Brenda Wootton and Bert Solomon - respectively smuggler, folk-singer, and rugby player.
This series is very much author driven; in othe workds if you have an idea please discuss it with us. The books will be in an A5 format 40/48pages, roughly 10-12,000 words, illustrated if appropriate.
Subjects need to be Cornish or incomers who have made a significant contribution to Cornwall or Cornish culture. Texts can be a straightforward biography or highlight part of a life or particular incidents or contributions that a person has made.
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Bert Solomon
by Allen Buckley
£3.99
ISBN: 978 185022 218 7
210x147mm - 48 pages
Illustrated with some remarkable contemporary photographs.
Bert Solomon was a legend in his own lifetime. He changed a county of rugby enthusiasts into one of rugby fanatics. He thrilled a whole generation of Cornishmen and women with his amazing skill.
When rugby men talk of the greats of Cornish rugby, Bert Solomon’s name invariably takes precedence! He was truly a rugby phenomenon - a genius who could out run, out kick and outplay the finest rugby internationals of his day.
But, despite the celebrity status he enjoyed in the hearts and minds of his fellows, he remained throughout his life a quiet, humble and self-effacing Cornishman. For as long as Cornish rugby is played, Bert Solomon will never be forgotten.
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Henry Trengrouse - The Cornish Inventor of the Rocket Life-Saving Apparatus
by Richard and Bridget Larn
£3.99
ISBN: 978 185022 202 6
210x147mm - 48 pages
At long last a fully reseached biography of Henry Trengrouse has been published to celebrate the man and his achievements. Written by renowned maritime historians Richard and Bridget Larn, this short book parallels Trengrouse's life and work with other inventors in the field and concludes with a brief history of life-saving apparatus.
Fully illustrated.
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