Posted on May 19, 2018
T.E. Lawrence | British scholar and military officer
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Here is an interesting short article on T.E.Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, who died May 19, 1935 (aged 46) in
Dorset, England from injuries sustained six days earlier in a motorcycle accident.
Dorset, England from injuries sustained six days earlier in a motorcycle accident.
T.E. Lawrence | British scholar and military officer
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I've read a good deal of the The Pillars of Wisdom, the Peter O-0'Tooler film for all its cinematography, never got him right, he was actually fairly short, the physiognomy was totally off, there was little resemblance...a good deal was true historically in the filmz however, I'd also seen footage form photos of him with Winston Churchill during WW1, I think...I'm not denying his brilliamce ormrelevamce historically, I just wish he'd have been depicted with absolute accuracy just once, you know?
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LTC Stephen C.
MSG Frederick Otero, I agree with your comment about depiction of “large” lives on film. My thought was really more a commentary on how selective “history” can be about people, events and those who shaped them.
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MSG Frederick Otero
I get what you were saying and agree. I was approaching the same idea from a cinematic point of view to large events/lives and how cinema can be even more selective in its approach to such histories.
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Just read this earlier- cool story. He lived under an assumed name for years and was working as an airline mechanic...
SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SrA Christopher Wright Sgt Randy Wilber SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl (Join to see) Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth LTC (Join to see) MSG Frederick Otero SFC Pete Kain SSG David Andrews SCPO Morris Ramsey SPC Margaret Higgins SGT Jim Arnold PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SGT Charles H. Hawes CPL Dave Hoover TSgt Joe C. SPC Jovani Daviu Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SrA Christopher Wright Sgt Randy Wilber SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl (Join to see) Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth LTC (Join to see) MSG Frederick Otero SFC Pete Kain SSG David Andrews SCPO Morris Ramsey SPC Margaret Higgins SGT Jim Arnold PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SGT Charles H. Hawes CPL Dave Hoover TSgt Joe C. SPC Jovani Daviu Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
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LTC Stephen C.
Indeed he did, SGT (Join to see). "'The Mint' is a book written by T. E. Lawrence and published posthumously. It describes his time in the Royal Air Force, working, despite having held senior rank in the army (colonel), as an ordinary aircraftman, under an assumed name, 352087 A/c Ross.
The book is notable, despite flaws noted by critics, for its sharp observation, for the insight it gives into Lawrence himself, and for the censorship issues (his homosexuality and his relations with male fellow service members) around its publication.
The novelist E. M. Forster corresponded with Lawrence in 1929, writing two detailed letters to him criticizing 'The Mint', which he liked, and advising on how it might be improved."
Maj Marty Hogan MSG Frederick Otero COL Mikel J. Burroughs
The book is notable, despite flaws noted by critics, for its sharp observation, for the insight it gives into Lawrence himself, and for the censorship issues (his homosexuality and his relations with male fellow service members) around its publication.
The novelist E. M. Forster corresponded with Lawrence in 1929, writing two detailed letters to him criticizing 'The Mint', which he liked, and advising on how it might be improved."
Maj Marty Hogan MSG Frederick Otero COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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Have to admit, what I know about him is from the movie. Thanks for improving my knowledge.
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