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The story of Wales tells the story of a people who have managed to retain much of their fullness of spirit despite a very early loss of most of their territory and political independence. It tells the story of a people who are still struggling to avert the loss of their ancient culture and the language upon which much of that culture depends.This is the story of that struggle: the theme is constant: it is a struggle for survival against almost impossible odds.
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Peter N. Williams was born in Mancot, a little village in Flintshire, North Wales, just inside the border with England. Brought up in the industrial town of Flint, he was educated at King's School, Chester, England and at the University College, Swansea, South Wales. Peter came to the United States in 1957. Following his military service with the U.S. Army in Germany, he taught high school in Delaware for a number of years before completing his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Delaware. He then taught English at the University before becoming chairman of the English Department at Delaware Technical and Community College. Peter is the editor of Celticinfo.com, Celtic_Worlds.com, and The Eagle and Dragon (the official publication of the National Welsh American Foundation). Founder of the Welsh Society of Delaware, and a director of the National Welsh American Foundation, Peter was honored for his work on behalf of Wales and Welsh Americans by being made a member of the Gorsedd of Bards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1999. He is the author of The Sacred Places of Wales; From Wales to the Lehigh: the David Thomas Story; the Seven Wonders of Wales: a New look; The History of Wales in Verse; Wales from A to Y; The Book of Wales, and the editor of 38 Hymns in Welsh and English.
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- EditoreAirleaf
- Data di pubblicazione2006
- ISBN 10 1594538697
- ISBN 13 9781594538698
- RilegaturaPaperback
- Numero di pagine312
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