How Very English [by] Kenyon Goode
Kenyon E. Minton Goode (b.1901)
Category
Books
Date
1964
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 3056815
Summary
“Kenyon Goode has taken the ingredients of an exciting and varied life from early childhood up to the days after the Second World War………. There are sections on India, how Goode became an amateur jockey, fishing reminiscences, shooting stories, training racehorses and the author`s wartime years in North Africa and Sicily.” (AbeBooks) Goode went to Harrow and Sandhurst (as did WSC), then to Burma and the Northwest Frontier of India (also WSC). From 1924-1939 Goode became an amateur jockey, the Grand National was one of his races. Before marrying his wife in 1927 he experienced Prohibition in America, then giving up as a jockey, he became a professional racehorse trainer. Goode writes about his wartime serving in North Africa and Sicily. Book gifted by: Kenyon Goode Book Inscription Signature: Kenyon Goode Book Inscription: To Sir Winston Churchill K.G. A very great author – From – A humble admirer Kenyon Goode July 2nd, 1964.
Bibliographic description
285,[1]p., plate : ill., port. ; 8vo. Provenance: inscribed by the author: To Sir Winston Churchill K.G. A very great author – From – A humble admirer Kenyon Goode July 2nd 1964. Binding: black cloth.
Makers and roles
Kenyon E. Minton Goode (b.1901)