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Book Synopsis The Guv'nor In His Own Words - Conversations with the Bare Knuckle Fighting Legend by : Peter Gerrard
Download or read book The Guv'nor In His Own Words - Conversations with the Bare Knuckle Fighting Legend written by Peter Gerrard and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in East London in 1949, Lenny McLean grew up in an area that had been ravaged by the Second World War. Although money was scarce and fighting was commonplace, a camaraderie and deep sense of honour and respect remained. A victim of violent abuse at the hands of his stepfather, Lenny spent much of his teenage life in borstal as he began to follow a life of crime. However, it was his ability as a fighter that was to turn his life around. Lenny McLean inspired fear in many, but respect from all, as he became a bare-knuckle fighting legend. His fame became even greater in later life, appearing in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels just as his autobiography was reaching the top of the bestsellers chart. Lenny's untimely death from cancer in 1998 marked the beginning of the end of the old Cockney way of life and interest in his story has only increased since his passing, inspiring documentaries as well as a feature film, My Name is Lenny. In these unedited conversations between Lenny and his 'book man' Peter Gerrard, featuring many anecdotes that did not appear in The Guv'nor, we get to see the man behind the public image. As he looks back on his life, these transcripts reveal Lenny's humour and charm as well as the volatility that made him one of the most notorious figures ever to emerge from the East End.
Download or read book The Guv'nor written by Lenny McLean and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS IS THE CLASSIC BOOK THAT STARTED AN ENTIRE GENRE – THE STORY OF THE MOST ICONIC HARDMAN OF THEM ALL. Lenny McLean was one of the deadliest bareknuckle fighters Britain has ever seen. He had dear, powerful friends, but he also had terrible enemies. So much so that he had two bullet wounds in his back – each from a different attack. He was also stabbed repeatedly – always from behind. But Lenny was also a warm, big-hearted grizzly bear of a man, whose main weakness was an overwhelming desire to put the welfare of his mates ahead of his own well-being. In his extraordinary autobiography, he tells of how the mafia flew him to New York to take on their greatest bareknuckle boxer in a multi-million pound illicit bout. The Mafia’s man lasted less than three minutes. When the IRA fronted up a London gang in a money-laundering scam, Lenny was brought in to intimidate the terrorists. The IRA, not surprisingly, backed off. . . His most serious trial came when he was accused of murder. Fighting to prove his innocence against a minimum sentence of twenty-five years, Lenny never gave up – and went on to be found not guilty. This is a tale of one man’s triumph against almost insurmountable odds, in a battle that Len fought every day for himself, and to ‘put steam on the table’ for his wife and kids.
Book Synopsis Edward Farris, In His Own Words: Farmer, Student, Hitchhiker, Soldier, Father, Politician, Lobbyist, Traveler, Kentuckian. by : Chad Evely
Download or read book Edward Farris, In His Own Words: Farmer, Student, Hitchhiker, Soldier, Father, Politician, Lobbyist, Traveler, Kentuckian. written by Chad Evely and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""I am attempting to start on an extended investigation and reporting of my past and my present."" With these words, Ed Farris began a fascinating 7.5-hour autobiographical audio recording: growing up in rural Kentucky in the 1920s, doing his part to liberate France in WWII, serving closely with two governors and so much more. Part 1 of this book contains Ed's wonderful story in his own unique voice. Marching across France towards the end of WWII, Ed was involved in many engagements. Part 2 contains the thrilling first-hand accounts of the two most significant of these battles. As executive secretary (now termed ""chief of staff"") from 1948-1955, Ed was intimately involved in the inner workings of Kentucky state politics. Part 3 contains all of his rich stories. He loved. He lost. He fought. He learned. He traveled. He raised four children and was beloved by eight grandchildren. Come take a journey and experience the unique, interesting story of this charming man's life.
Book Synopsis The Guv'nor in His Own Words by : Peter Gerrard
Download or read book The Guv'nor in His Own Words written by Peter Gerrard and published by John Blake. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A victim of violent abuse at the hands of his stepfather, Lenny spent much of his teenage life in borstal as he began to follow a life of crime. However, it was his ability as a fighter that was to turn his life around. Lenny McLean inspired fear in many, but respect from all, as he became a bare-knuckle fighting legend. His fame became even greater in later life, appearing in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels just as his autobiography was reaching the top of the bestsellers chart. Lenny's untimely death from cancer in 1998 marked the beginning of the end of the old Cockney way of life and interest in his story has only increased since his passing, inspiring documentaries as well as a feature film, My Name is Lenny. In these unedited conversations between Lenny and his "book man" Peter Gerrard, featuring many anecdotes that did not appear in The Guv'nor, we get to see the man behind the public image. As he looks back on his life, these transcripts reveal Lenny's humor and charm as well as the volatility that made him one of the most notorious figures ever to emerge from the East End.
Book Synopsis In His Own Words by : Russell Wilson
Download or read book In His Own Words written by Russell Wilson and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two men who knew him very well, this book is not intended to be another biography of Harold E. Hughes. Nor is it intended to be an academic work. It is intended to reveal the many facets of Hughes’ colorful, tragic, complex, successful, productive, and spiritual life from the perspective of people who knew him best—his family, his friends and his co-workers. It’s also meant to give him well-deserved credit for the huge impact he made on the lives of thousands of alcoholics and other people in this country. During research for this wook, the authors discovered many hours of recordings made by the senator in anticipation of his writing a second book. What makes this book unique is the inclusion of many of those recordings, in his own words.
Book Synopsis NC Patriots 1775-1783: Their Own Words, Volume 2, Part 1 by : J.D. Lewis
Download or read book NC Patriots 1775-1783: Their Own Words, Volume 2, Part 1 written by J.D. Lewis and published by JD Lewis. This book was released on with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a detailed chronology of how the Revolutionary War transpired in North Carolina over the long eight years, with a focus on State Troops and Militia. It includes all known battles and skirmishes that these troops participated in. This volume provides unprecedented details on how the State's military organization evolved during the war, and how the leadership changed over that time. It provides considerable insight into how the civilian government managed the military during times of relative peace and times of sheer panic.
Book Synopsis The Scottsboro Boys in Their Own Words by : Kwando M. Kinshasa
Download or read book The Scottsboro Boys in Their Own Words written by Kwando M. Kinshasa and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of letters written by the nine African American defendants in the infamous March 1931 Scottsboro, Alabama, rape case. Though most of the defendants were barely literate and all were teenagers when incarcerated, over the course of almost two decades in prison they learned the rudiments of effective letter writing and in doing so forcefully expressed a wide range of perspectives on the falsity of the charges against them as their incarceration became a cause celebre both in the United States and internationally. Central to this book is the chronologically structured presentation of letters (1931-1950), including some correspondence from attorneys and members of Scottsboro support committees. The original grammar, syntax and vernacular of the defendants are maintained in a desire to preserve the authenticity of these letters.
Book Synopsis In Their Own Words by : Alan Schmitt
Download or read book In Their Own Words written by Alan Schmitt and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children’s Bible storybooks, children’s Sunday school lessons, Bible story coloring books, flannel board Bible story presentations, and video of children’s Bible dramas have all unwittingly conspired to create in our mind’s eye a storybook image of the people in the Bible. Even as adults, we have understood Bible characters as something less than human; we somehow want them to be sacred, different, set apart from who we are. In the process, we have failed to realize that people who lived two thousand years ago were much like each of us today. Like us, when they encountered Jesus, either as a baby in a crib or as Christ on a cross, their lives were transformed. Something happened. They didn’t fully understand it. They just knew that something happened deep inside them. In the presence of the Son of God, they were brought to their knees, humbled by an overwhelming feeling of being in the presence of power and majesty. The testimonies in this book are fictional, based on Biblical accounts and historical information. They are designed to give a real person glimpse into the minds and hearts of those who might have witnessed the events of the birth and death of Jesus. They represent a cross section of society whose lives were profoundly changed by Jesus.
Book Synopsis Baha'u'llah in His Own Words by : Peter Terry
Download or read book Baha'u'llah in His Own Words written by Peter Terry and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-05-24 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography of Baháâuâlláh (1817-1892), founder of the modern religion called the Baháâà Faith by its adherents.
Book Synopsis The Guv'nor and Me by : John ‘The Neck’ Houchin
Download or read book The Guv'nor and Me written by John ‘The Neck’ Houchin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't cross The Neck. As the right-hand man to 'The Guv’nor' himself, Lenny McLean, John 'The Neck' Houchin is a living legend and is now telling his story for the first time. John trained daily with Lenny in the gym to achieve his huge bulk and neck, all 23 inches of it, required to frighten the hell out of troublemakers. As the enforcers for the Krays and the Richardsons, they worked together regularly over many years 'sorting out' whatever needed sorting. These are the mean streets of London back when swift justice as well as fearless loyalty were the order of the day. A new insider take from one of the most notorious characters of the time, this book is full of chippy dialogue, gangster banter, the biggest brawls, old school honour codes and pithy reflection on the changing times – from the hard men to the high life.
Book Synopsis Message of the Governor of New Jersey to the Senate and House of Assembly, with Accompanying Documents by : New Jersey. Legislature
Download or read book Message of the Governor of New Jersey to the Senate and House of Assembly, with Accompanying Documents written by New Jersey. Legislature and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 2284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis In Their Own Words by : Fred Erisman
Download or read book In Their Own Words written by Fred Erisman and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amelia Earhart’s prominence in American aviation during the 1930s obscures a crucial point: she was but one of a closely knit community of women pilots. Although the women were well known in the profession and widely publicized in the press at the time, they are largely overlooked today. Like Earhart, they wrote extensively about aviation and women’s causes, producing an absorbing record of the life of women fliers during the emergence and peak of the Golden Age of Aviation (1925–1940). Earhart and her contemporaries, however, were only the most recent in a long line of women pilots whose activities reached back to the earliest days of aviation. These women, too, wrote about aviation, speaking out for new and progressive technology and its potential for the advancement of the status of women. With those of their more recent counterparts, their writings form a long, sustained text that documents the maturation of the airplane, aviation, and women’s growing desire for equality in American society. In Their Own Words takes up the writings of eight women pilots as evidence of the ties between the growth of American aviation and the changing role of women. Harriet Quimby (1875–1912), Ruth Law (1887–1970), and the sisters Katherine and Marjorie Stinson (1893–1977; 1896–1975) came to prominence in the years between the Wright brothers and World War I. Earhart (1897–1937), Louise Thaden (1905–1979), and Ruth Nichols (1901–1960) were the voices of women in aviation during the Golden Age of Aviation. Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001), the only one of the eight who legitimately can be called an artist, bridges the time from her husband’s 1927 flight through the World War II years and the coming of the Space Age. Each of them confronts issues relating to the developing technology and possibilities of aviation. Each speaks to the importance of assimilating aviation into daily life. Each details the part that women might—and should—play in advancing aviation. Each talks about how aviation may enhance women’s participation in contemporary American society, making their works significant documents in the history of American culture.
Book Synopsis NC Patriots 1775-1783: Their Own Words, Volume 1 by : J.D. Lewis
Download or read book NC Patriots 1775-1783: Their Own Words, Volume 1 written by J.D. Lewis and published by JD Lewis. This book was released on with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a detailed chronology of how the North Carolina Continental Line was established and how it was organized over the long eight years of the American Revolution. It includes all known battles and skirmishes that the NC Continental Line participated in, and which units were involved in these battles/skirmishes. Also included is a complete listing of all known NC Continental soldiers, which units they were in, and which battles/skirmishes they were in.
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the Council of the Governor of Bombay Assembled for the Purpose of Making Laws and Regulations by :
Download or read book Proceedings of the Council of the Governor of Bombay Assembled for the Purpose of Making Laws and Regulations written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Pirates in Their Own Words by : E.T. Fox
Download or read book Pirates in Their Own Words written by E.T. Fox and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pirates in Their Own Words is a collection of original documents relating to the 'golden age' of piracy. Letters, testimonies, witness accounts and other primary source documents written by the pirates themselves, their victims, and the men who hunted them down.
Book Synopsis Mitt Romney in His Own Words by : Phillip Hines
Download or read book Mitt Romney in His Own Words written by Phillip Hines and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has articulated his vision for America’s future in an election-year tumult of campaign speeches and media interviews; now, this essential collection of Romney’s direct quotes, past and present, is an invaluable primer that crystallizes his stance on domestic and social issues; national security; the economy; health care; and much more. Here, too, are his comments on his personal life, family, and faith—key insights into the man himself, in his own words. “I do not define my candidacy by my religion. A person should not be elected because of his faith nor should he be rejected because of his faith.” (“Faith in America” speech, 2007) “We’re the party of opportunity. We’re the party of keeping taxes down. We’re the party that want people to have choice in their schools and choice in their health care.” (This Week with George Stephanopoulos, 2009) “When I was a little kid, there used to be the ditty that went around: first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage. Today that idea is foreign to some kids.”(The Charlie Rose Show, 2006) “The older I get, the smarter Dad is. I pattern myself like him—his character, his sense of vision, his sense of purpose.” (Time, 2007) “America has been a force for good like no other in the world, and for that, we will make no apology.” (Values Voter Summit, 2010)
Book Synopsis Jesus, in His Own Words by : Robert H. Mounce
Download or read book Jesus, in His Own Words written by Robert H. Mounce and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2010 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the life and ministry of Jesus that combines all four gospels into a single narrative and allows Jesus himself to tell us the story.
