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CanalCuttings Book Reviews

CanalCuttings is developing day-by-day on its road to becoming 'The' online canal magazine and as sutch is adding new sections - the Book Reveiws section started in March 2010.

The First Book Review - Dolly and Ted by Valerie Fleet

'The man who defined my very soul'.

We are not told if Valerie Fleet is the ‘Dolly’ that uses a diary, detailing at first hand events, personalities, friendships, and all the enchanting kaleidoscope which goes to made up the youngster’s life then. Through entries in a child's diary, the adult 'Dolly' records her vivid impressions of a beloved and eccentric uncle in the years between 1968 and 1972.

The Book Review for March 2010 was

By hook or by crook Liam D'Arcy-Brown travelled where few if any modern westerners have ventured by this method.

The Book Review for April 2010 was Innocents Afloat, by Jeremy Scanlon

CanalCuttings Book Review of Innocents Afloat: a Yank Discovers The Cut, by Jeremy Scanlon.

The subtitle almost says it all. A then young American academic arrives in England in London's 'Swinging 60s' and is intrigued by our waterways.