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Patrick Stewart A Galloway Hero

Patrick Stewart  A Galloway Hero
Price: £4.99 Ex VAT: £4.99
Book Number: 16093
Author: James McCarthy
Publisher: G C Publishing
Book Condition: New
Binding: Stapled
ISBN: 1872350592
Publish Place: Wigtown, Scotland
Publish Year: 2011
Edition: First
Description/Notes: New Publication. Stapled book with card covers. B/w ilustrated. Biography of Patrick Stewart, born to a prominent Galloway farming family in 1832, his childhood, military career, as an Engineer in India and his involvement with the Indo-European Telegraph and became Director General of the Telegraph at 31. This enormous task took its toll and he died in 1865. A large glass wiindow was erected in his honour in KArachi Telegraph Library and another in the family church at Minnigaff, Newton Stewart not far from his birthplace.
Quantity: 10
Date Amended: 22/02/2012 14:57
Item Condition: 1