02536nam 2200553 a 450 991078955800332120230725031418.01-283-38229-697866133822901-85418-775-9(CKB)2670000000093762(EBL)799844(OCoLC)742515006(SSID)ssj0000536835(PQKBManifestationID)12177705(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536835(PQKBWorkID)10551662(PQKB)11683624(MiAaPQ)EBC799844(Au-PeEL)EBL799844(CaPaEBR)ebr10477959(CaONFJC)MIL338229(EXLCZ)99267000000009376220110705d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrank Baines[electronic resource] a life beyond the sea /Brian MooneyLondon Thorogood20111 online resource (326 p.)Includes index.1-85418-741-4 CONTENTS; Cover; COLOUR PICTURE SECTION; INDEX; Title page; INTRODUCTION LIFE BEYOND THE SEA; ONE THE FOSSE WAY TO MILE END ROAD; TWO CHILDHOOD IN CLAPHAM AND CORNWALL; THREE VOYAGES; FOUR APPROACH OF WAR; FIVE SOLDIER; SIX LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE CHINDITS; SEVEN HINDU MONK; EIGHT FAREWELL TO DAL BAHADUR; NINEON THE MAKE IN CALCUTTA; TEN NEWSPAPERMAN; ELEVEN MIRROR, MIRROR; TWELVE WRITER; THIRTEEN DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR; FOURTEEN HIGH LIFE IN SICILY; FIFTEEN RETURN TO REALITY; SIXTEEN LOW LIFE IN ESSEX; SEVENTEEN PEDALLING THROUGH EUROPE; EIGHTEEN BACK IN INDIA; NINETEEN END OF THE ROADTIMELINE: FRANK BAINES 1915-1987Able Seaman, Chindit Officer, Hindu monk, businessman, journalist, writer, film extra, prisoner, long-distance cyclist - there were many sides to Frank Baines. Indeed, perhaps Frank himself never quite knew who he was, nor where he belonged. He only discovered his real name when he was a teenager. He was gay at a time when homosexuality was still against the law. This engrossing biography tells the full story of a life lived outside convention.Authors, EnglishBiographyGreat BritainBiographyAuthors, English942.082092Mooney Brian1563396MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789558003321Frank Baines3831779UNINA