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True North: In Praise of England's Better Half

True North: In Praise of England's Better Half

by Martin Wainwright (Author)

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    Hardcover 2009

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Synopsis

Abysmal weather, slag heaps, funny accents, the bleak uplands of a landscape carved out of millstone grit and townscape of abadoned mills and shipyards, the detritus of an industrial revolution past its sell-by date. That, anyway, is the myth, the foundation for the dismissive gibe that nothing north of Watford is worth a bag of chips. This and other myths are swiftly dispatched in True North - an incisive and wittily observant assessment of a socially and culturally flourishing region that can boast an unrivalled setting of wild coastline, lakes and green dales, as well as inhabitants who are indomitably inventive, proud of their past and keen to forge a brilliant new future.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Guardian Newspapers Ltd
Published: 01 Oct 2009
ISBN 10: 0852651139
ISBN 13: 9780852651131
Book Overview: Extensive support from the Guardian and the Observer

Media Reviews
He offers an affectionate trip through the region ... Wainwright's amiable and illuminating anecdotes are supported by a superb selection of photographs ... any book that references Saint Hilda and Les Dawson in the same chapter is clearly worth a look Daily Mail True North is his love letter to 'England's Better Half', a gently paced modern history taking in culture, nature and cottage industries. He doesn't ignore stereotypes so much as moderate them with wit and unlikely facts ... Northerners will revel in all the local colour, while southerners will continue to wonder what all the fuss is about Metro Calling on a mix of memoir and history, the author looks at the old North, and the new revitalised North of today. In exploring how and why the region has changed, he writes compellingly in praise of people and places. It's a fascinating read -- Book Of The Month Choice
Author Bio
Martin Wainwright is the Guardian's highly respected Northern editor. He has written and edited over ten books, including Wainwright: The Man who Loved the Lakes, A Lifetime of Mountains, the Country Diaries of A. Harry Griffin and Morris Minor, the Biography