My Grandfather's Clock - Four Centuries of a British-Australian Family

Davison, Graeme
My Grandfather's Clock - Four Centuries of a British-Australian Family

My Grandfather's Clock - Four Centuries of a British-Australian Family

Davison, Graeme

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British Australia- a search for family.

A great-aunt's bequest - a 200-year-old grandfather clock - sends historian Graeme Davison on a journey deep into his father's family's past. From their tribal homeland in the Scottish Borders he follows them to the garrison town of Carlisle, from industrial Birmingham to Edwardian Australia, and from the Great War to his own suburban childhood. This is the story of an ordinary family's journey from frontier warfare and dispossession through economic turmoil and emigration to modest prosperity. At each step, we are led to reflect on the puzzles of personal identity and the mystery of time. Based on a lifetime of creative scholarship, My Grandfather's Clock is a moving testament to the power of family history to illuminate the present.

Author:   Davison, Graeme
Publisher:   Melbourne University Press
ISBN:  

9780522879582


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   05 September 2023
Bind Format:   Hardback
Availability:  
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British Australia- a search for family.

A great-aunt's bequest - a 200-year-old grandfather clock - sends historian Graeme Davison on a journey deep into his father's family's past. From their tribal homeland in the Scottish Borders he follows them to the garrison town of Carlisle, from industrial Birmingham to Edwardian Australia, and from the Great War to his own suburban childhood. This is the story of an ordinary family's journey from frontier warfare and dispossession through economic turmoil and emigration to modest prosperity. At each step, we are led to reflect on the puzzles of personal identity and the mystery of time. Based on a lifetime of creative scholarship, My Grandfather's Clock is a moving testament to the power of family history to illuminate the present.

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Author:   Davison, Graeme
Publisher:   Melbourne University Press
ISBN:  

9780522879582


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   05 September 2023
Bind Format:   Hardback
Availability:  
This item is in stock and will be dispatched immediately.
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