Life and times of Harold Acton [manuscript], 2010.

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Life and times of Harold Acton [manuscript], 2010.

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Text of Roberts's talks on Acton, delivered at the Villa La Pietra. The talks concentrate on his undergraduate years at Oxford in the 1920s. With the talk is an introduction by Roberts to a viewing of a 1976 television interview with Acton, and some correspondence between Roberts and Mildred Abraham.

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Acton, Harold, 1904-1994

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Mark Roberts was a western novelist. He wrote a number of western novels during the 1980s, including "Six Samurai No. 4: Kamikaze Justice" (1981), which he wrote under the pen name Partrick Lee and "The Scout No. 5: Sioux Slaughter" (1982), which he wrote under the name pen name Buck Gentry. From the description of Mark Roberts papers, 1981-1982. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 75274092 ...

Abraham, Mildred K.

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