The Testimony of Sal Madge
John Little
- Region:
- North West
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Historical author
- Fee:
- Expensed: £0.45 per mile
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 9th November 2023
- Tagged:
- Feminism | Women | Lgbtq+ | Whitehaven
Sal Madge was a woman who lived a man's life in C19th Whitehaven. She smoked, she wrestled men and beat them, more than held her own in pub brawls, chewed tobacco and partly cross-dressed. She was also very brave, and this is what elevated her from being just a local character, and transformed her into a local hero. My novel based on her life won runner-up in the Lakeland Book of the Year competition in 2020
Views: 340 | Enquiries: 0About John Little
Dr John Little holds an MA in twentieth century History and a PhD in the manpower and politics of the First World War. He writes well-researched historical novels set in North and North West Cumbria, as well as some non fiction about the same area. Underpinning his work is always a solid body of local history evidence, found in documents and newspapers. He has written fourteen books so, all of which are available on Amazon and Kindle. He gives a large number of talks on his books, on local history and any areas where he has knowledge in depth. He prefers to give his talks in Cumbria or Dumfriesshire. He has a lot of experience in speaking to Rotary clubs, U3A, Probus, The Women's Institute, and community groups. There is no charge for his talks, though he does ask for petrol money, and a table at which to sell books for those who might want them.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by John Little
- The Collier's Daughter
- The Light Over the Solway
- MacDonald's Choice
- Riotous Whitehaven
- Murderous Workington
- The Blitterlees Bullet
- Love and War; a romance of old Aspatria
- Women in the First World War
- The Netherby Burglary of 1885 and the events that followed.
- Aspects of Trench warfare WW1
- Heroic Maryport
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