{"product_id":"the-jottings-of-a-nonentity-henry-t-bradford-9781981109302","title":"The Jottings of a Nonentity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of plebeian poetry covers a wide range of subjects, simply because they are as stated - just jottings. That is, poems scribbled down when at work in London's Docklands (\u003ci\u003eOceanus's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e); clearing St Mary's village churchyard (\u003ci\u003eGod's Gardener\u003c\/i\u003e); sitting on a bank of the River Thames; (\u003ci\u003eThe North Kent Marshes\u003c\/i\u003e); preparing for a barbecue at Cooling Castle, close to St James's Church at Cooling in Kent at dusk, as a ground mist swept slowly over the marshlands (\u003ci\u003eThe Ghosts of the North Kent Marshes\u003c\/i\u003e); or bored at home sitting at my computer (\u003ci\u003eA challenge\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome of my jottings were written as a mental exercise while juggling with the use of words or creating shapes with words - that sort of thing. Several were written for my children (\u003ci\u003eA Summer Storm\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Teddy Bear\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eWhen Aristocratic Lovers Go Courting\u003c\/i\u003e was written at Invaforth House, The Manor House Hospital, North London, while recuperating from a serious accident in London's Docklands. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Wagon Train\u003c\/i\u003e was Heading for the Goldfields was written at the behest of my friend, Philip Connolly, the compiler of these poems, after he had been on a sojourn to visit friends in America, returning home with Simon Doyle's journal of that momentous journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry T. Bradford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1981109307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781981109302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Henry T. Bradford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850509070591,"sku":"9781981109302","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-jottings-of-a-nonentity-henry-t-bradford-9781981109302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}