Pilgrimage: A Tour of Northumberland in Pictures and Poems - Softcover

Beckensall, Stan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781554455 ISBN 13: 9781781554456

Publisher: Fonthill Media Ltd

Synopsis

Stan Beckensall has had over 40 books published, including many on his adopted county, Northumberland. He has explored the history and landscape, the latter from the air as well as the ground; his 17 million hits on the Newcastle University website shows the interest of over 100 countries in his work on the county's prehistoric rock-art, and his work in general has received many honours. His interest in and love of Northumberland is expressed here in his poetry, which takes the pattern of a pilgrimage around the county, In his long teaching career his main subject has been English literature, so poetry is something that he has always enjoyed. Two local TV programmes on The Power of Place and on the Prehistoric Rock Art of Northumberland are two of his public appearances; others include a programme on Hexham's Festival of the Arts on a Margret Howard Classic FM show, in which he read one of his poems and talked with her about the town. This collection is intended for a large audience. As Kim Cowie says in her introduction: "it is a book to capture what it feels like to belong a place."

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About the Author:

Dr Stan Beckensall has spent his working life in education, much of this in training teachers and being a head teacher in Northumberland. He is an honours graduate of Keele University, an Honorary Doctor of Letters at Newcastle University, winner of the 2006 British Archaeology Award in the Channel 4 ITC section, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and Scotland, and an international specialist in prehistoric rock art. Beckensall has published over forty books and pamphlets, including poetry and drama, and his work has been televised.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fonthill Media Ltd
• ISBN 10: 1781554455
• ISBN 13: 9781781554456
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1