"Harry's absence: Looking for my father on the mountain" by Jonathan Scott
"Harry's absence: Looking for my father on the mountain" by Jonathan Scott
Victoria University Press | 2000 | ISBN: 0759238693 0864733259 | 221 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Victoria University Press | 2000 | ISBN: 0759238693 0864733259 | 221 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Harry Scott, a conscientious objector, literary figure, teacher, psychologist, and mountaineer, was killed on Mt Cook in 1960 when his son (the author) was two. This biography, autobiography, and social history resulted from the author's setting out to explore his father's life. Scott has published numerous articles and books, including poetry, and is Director of Studies in History at Downing College, Cambridge.
Contents
Preface
Introduction. Meeting Harry on the Mountain
Table of Contents
Photographs
1 Dark Blue Light (with Apricots)
2 The Regiment of Women
3 Harry's Silence
4 Mandy Parker's Private Parts
5 Harry's Belief
6 Sex and the Lash
7 Intensity of Wakefulness
8 Plato's Nightmare
9 Sarsparilla's Dream
10 To Party
11 Things Worth Going to Jail For
12 The Wound
13 Experience (I): South
14 Liechtenstein
15 Harry's Love
16 War
17 Experience (2): North
18 Wedding in Olymbos
19 Forcing the Mountain
20 The Girl in the Bookshop
21 The Significance of Living Dangerously
Conclusion
Appendix One: Books ordered 1941-5
Appendix Two: The Times Obituary
Appendix Three: Extract from 'Memento of Harry Scott'
Appendix Four: Harry's Recipe For Scroggin (1958)
About the Author
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