
J. Wentworth Day (1899–1983)
Author of Ghosts and Witches: Haunted Tales from the British Isles
About the Author
Works by J. Wentworth Day
Rum Owd Boys. On poachers, wildfowlers, longshore pirates, cut-throat islanders, smugglers and 'fen-tigers'. (1974) 4 copies
Coastal adventure;: A book about marshes and the sea, shooting and fishing, wildfowl and waders and men who sail in small boats (1949) 4 copies
Associated Works
Last Stronghold of Sail : The Story of the Essex Sailing-Smacks, Coasters and Barges (1981) 9 copies, 1 review
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- Legal name
- Wentworth Day, James
- Birthdate
- 1899-04-21
- Date of death
- 1983-01-05
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Newton College, Newton Abbot, Devon, England, UK
University of Cambridge - Occupations
- journalist
- Organizations
- BBC (employer)
Express Newspapers (employer) - Relationships
- McClean, Marion (wife)
Houston, Lucy (employer) - Short biography
- Bibliography:
* Sporting Adventure (1937)
* Farming Adventure: A Thousand Miles Through England On A Horse (1943)
* The Modern Fowler (1934)
* King George V as a Sportsman (pre 1937)
* The Life of Sir Henry Segrave (pre 1937)
* Speed - the Life of Sir Malcolm Campbell (pre 1937)
* Kaye Don - the Man (pre 1937)
* A Falcon on St Paul's (pre 1937)
* Harvest Adventure (1946)
* Sport in Egypt (date unknown)
* Gamblers' Gallery (date unknown)
* Wild Wings and Some Footsteps (1948)
* Marshland Adventure (1950)
* Broadland Adventure (1951)
* The New Yeomen of England (1952)
* The Modern Shooter (1952)
* Norwich and the Broads (1953)
* A History of the Fens (1954)
* The Wisest Dogs in the World: Some Account of the Longshaw Sheepdog Trials Association (1954)
* Here Are Ghosts And Witches (1954)
* They Walk The Wild Places (1956)
* Poison On The Land: The War On Wild Life, And Some Remedies (1957)
* The Angler's Pocket Book (1957)
* The Dog Lover's Pocket Book (1957)
* A Ghost Hunter's Game Book (1958)
* British Animals of the Wild Places (1960)
* British Birds of the Wild Places (1961)
* HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent: The First Authentic Life Story (1962)
* Portrait of the Broads (1967)
* The Queen Mother's Family Story (1967)
* In Search of Ghosts (1969)
* History of the Fens (1970)
* Rum Owd Boys (1974)
* Norwich Through The Ages (1976)
* King's Lynn and Sandringham Through The Ages (1977)
* Garland of Hops (1978)
* The James Wentworth Day Book of Essex (1979) - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Exning, Suffolk, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Exning, Suffolk, England, UK (birth)
Ingatestone, Essex, England, UK (death) - Place of death
- Ingatestone, Essex, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Statistics
- Works
- 35
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 93
- Popularity
- #200,858
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 18
- Languages
- 1
