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Hammond, Bryn, 1923-2008 : Literary papers
- Date
- 2008
- By
- Hammond, Bryn, 1923-2008
- Reference
- MS-Group-2013
- Description
Collection comprises literary drafts of three of Hammonds unpublished manuscripts. The works `Episodes in another dimension' and `Running down to the river' detail accounts of fly fishing, philosopical musings on the nature of fishing in general and some of the historical figures who have fished. The third manuscript `The Resounding tumult' is an account of Christain Fletcher, his involvement with the mutiny of the `Bounty' and his subsequent life.
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Quantity: 98 Electronic document(s).
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- 98 Electronic document(s), Drafts (Documents), Electronic documents, Electronic records (Digital records), Manuscripts
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UnknownThe Resounding tumult
Date: 2008
From: Hammond, Bryn, 1923-2008 : Literary papers
Reference: MSDL-1439
Description: Literary draft comprising 30 files of Hammond's unpublished manuscript `The Resounding tumult - The search for Fletcher Christian'. The theme of the work is Fletcher Christian, (master's mate aboard the `Bounty'), and the mystery of the mutiny against Captain Bligh in the Pacific. Other Titles - `The Resounding tumult - The search for Fletcher Christian'. Quantity: 30 Electronic document(s).
Running down to the river
Date: 2004
From: Hammond, Bryn, 1923-2008 : Literary papers
Reference: MSDL-1438
Description: Literary draft comprising 57 files of Hammond's unpublished manuscript `Running down to the river'. Theme of the work is an autobiographical look at the sport of fly-fishing. Hammond looks at the history of fly-fishing, some of the sport's charactersl, practical advice for anglers and some of his own philosopihical musings on the nature of fishing. Chapter 12 `Hemingway's embroidered slippers' was missing from the draft that was submitted to the Library on CD-R. Quantity: 57 Electronic document(s).
Episodes in another dimension
Date: 2008
From: Hammond, Bryn, 1923-2008 : Literary papers
Reference: MSDL-1437
Description: Literary draft comprising 11 chapters of Hammond's unpublished manuscript `Episodes in another dimension'. Theme of the work is biographical portraits of well known fisherman and how all fisherman are "of a singularly special kind". As examples Hammond's chapters include biographies of Zane Grey, Henry Thoreau, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville, Sven Berlin, Negley Farson, Jonathan Raban and William Scrope. Quantity: 11 Electronic document(s).