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Leclaire (1954: 227): “Born at Nuthurst, Sussex. Resigned after two years’ commission in the Royal Artillery, 1893-5. Wrote about dogs and horses. The Sussex Downs were his main background.”
WORKS
1898. Owd Bob, the Grey Dog of Kenmuir. Burt: New York. SC. EDD.
“The Cumberland Fells, and shepherds with their dogs. The dogs are the hero and the villain.”
(Leclaire 1954: 227).
KINGKONG PROJECT
2795 Bob, Son Of Battle [1898]
Danny [f|1903]
8396 The Gentleman [f|1908]
The Taming Of John Blunt [f|1911]
17965 Boy Woodburn [f|1918]
Old For-Ever [1923]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Ollivant_(writer)
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LITERARY DIALECTS
1800-1950
NORTH
CUMBERLAND PROSE
Alfred Ollivant
(1874-1927)
(1898)
(1898)