Description
| Product ID: | 9781914344220 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Finding Home |
| Subtitle: | A Windrush Story |
| Authors: | Author: Alford Dalrymple Gardner, Howard Gardner |
| Page Count: | 216 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: historical, political and military, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Memoirs, History, Social and cultural history, Second World War, Social and ethical issues, Social discrimination and social justice, Migration, immigration and emigration, Ethnic studies, Military veterans, Memoirs, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Social & cultural history, Second World War, Social issues & processes, Social discrimination & inequality, Migration, immigration & emigration, Black & Asian studies, Military veterans, Essex, Yorkshire, Jamaica, 20th century, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Alford Dalrymple Gardner is one of the few living passengers to have travelled on the Empire Windrush. He is one of 10 whose portrait was commissioned by King Charles, and appears in the BBC's Windrush: Portraits of a Generation special. Now published for the first time, this is his stirring life story. On 24 May 1948, the Empire Windrush sailed from Kingston, Jamaica, to harbour at Tilbury Docks. It carried 1,027 passengers and some stowaways, and more than two thirds of them were West Indies nationals. On 22 June 1948 they disembarked onto the docks, Alford Dalrymple Gardner was among them. Alford''s story traverses both the uplifting highs and intolerant lows that West Indian migrants of his generation encountered upon travelling to Britain to forge out a life. From joining the British military during World War II to returning to Jamaica once it was won-only to come back to the UK when the government decided it needed him again-Alford witnessed milestone events of the 20th century that shaped the country he still lives in today. In the context of a supposedly ''post-Imperial'' Britain where the lives of West Indian migrants hang precariously on the whims of the Home Office, Alford''s heartening testimony is a celebration of those who endured hardships so that generations to come could call this place home. |
| Imprint Name: | Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-06-22 |