| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 233 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
New African histories series |
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New African histories series.
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| Contents |
Forging ahead: the secret gentleman of Ardwick Green -- The palm oil trader's view -- Fragments of Oscar Wilde in colonial Nigeria -- "Uranian" love in West Africa -- The politics of naming : Igbo perspectives on Stuart-Young -- The strange toleration of Stuart-Young in the African-owned press of Nigeria -- A class apart : "Johnny Jones" of Back Kay Street -- The production of a poet : Stuart-Young's verse and its readers |
| Summary |
Between 1905 and 1939 a conspicuously tall white man with a shock of red hair, dressed in a silk shirt and white linen trousers, could be seen on the streets of Onitsha, in Eastern Nigeria. How was it possible for an unconventional, boy-loving Englishman to gain a social status among the local populace enjoyed by few other Europeans in colonial West Africa? In The Forger''s Tale: The Search for Odeziaku Stephanie Newell charts the story of the English novelist and poet John Moray Stuart-Young (1881-1939) as he traveled from the slums of Manchester to West Africa in order to escape the hom |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-226) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Stuart-Young, John Moray, 1881-1939.
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| SUBJECT |
Stuart-Young, John Moray, 1881-1939 fast |
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Stuart-Young, John Moray 1881-1939 gnd |
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Stuart-Young, J. M., 1881-1939. nta |
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Stuart-Young, John Moray. swd |
| Subject |
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
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Gay authors -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Gay men -- Great Britain -- Identity
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Gay men -- Africa -- Identity
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Forgers -- Great Britain -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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Authors, English
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British colonies
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Forgers
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Gay authors
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Gay men -- Identity
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Africa
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Great Britain
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Nigeria
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Onitsha
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Biographies
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Biografie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006021296 |
| ISBN |
9780821442302 |
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0821442309 |
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0821417096 |
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9780821417096 |
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082141710X |
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9780821417102 |
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