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LEE
(Laurie Edward, 1914-1997, Poet and Writer, best known for 'Cider with Rosie')
Autograph Letter Signed 'Laurie Lee' to Mrs Sheridan Russell
thanking him so much but I'm afraid we shan't be able to come on Saturday as we are down in the country for a while..., 1 side 8vo., Woodside Bungalow, Vatch, Stroud, 5th July
Item Date: 1960
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His most notable work is the autobiographical trilogy Cider with Rosie (1959), As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969), and A Moment of War (1991). The first volume recounts his childhood in the Slad Valley. The second deals with his leaving home for London and his first visit to Spain in 1935, and the third with his return to Spain in December 1937 to join the Republican International Brigades. Sheridan RUSSELL (1900-1991) was a cellist, hospital social worker, and patron of the arts. He was Head Almoner at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and founded the Paintings in Hospitals charity.
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