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Biography & Autobiography Literary

George Orwell's Friend

edited by Ron Caplan

by (author) Paul Potts

Publisher
Breton Books
Initial publish date
Jan 2007
Category
Literary

  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781895415032
    Publish Date
    Jan 2007
    List Price
    $14.95

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Born in British Columbia, Paul Potts (1911-1990) lived most of his life based in London's Soho district, a friend and confidant of many ultimately famous writers. His circle included Dylan Thomas and T. S. Eliot, Elizabeth Smart and Sean O'Casey--and of course George Orwell, a constant friend. George Orwell's Friend includes autobiography and poetry, an intimate portrait of George Orwell, and the classic anguished memoir of love and vulnerability?elements that rarely find words, and even more rarely find the words of a man. Along with Potts' intimate essay about George Orwell, 'Don Quixote on a Bicycle,' editor Ronald Caplan reclaims the thoughtful work of a passionate, unusual Canadian.

About the authors

Ronald Caplan has served as interviewer and photographer for Cape Breton's Magazine for twenty-five years. He has received the Barbeau Award of the Folklore Studies Association of Canada, Nova Scotia's Cultural Life Award, the Canadian Historical Association's Award for exemplary contribution to the Oral History of Cape Breton and an honorary doctorate from Cape Breton University. His work is best known for keeping the Cape Breton story alive through oral testimony and images. Living at Wreck Cove on the Cabot Trail, Caplan is the author of several books and the publisher of Breton Books.

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