William Ernest Bowman ✓
(1911–1985)
writer
United Kingdom
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William Ernest Bowman (1911–1985) was a United Kingdom writer, known for The Ascent of Rum Doodle.
About William Ernest Bowman
William Ernest Bowman was an engineer and writer, best remembered for his 1956 book The Ascent of Rum Doodle, a satire on the world of mountaineering literature inspired by Bill Tilman and his 1937 account of the Nanda Devi expedition. Bowman's work was a send-up of the rather pompous British expedition book style fashionable in the 1930s through to the 1950s.
Known for:
The Ascent of Rum Doodle
Notable works:
The cruise of the 'Talking Fish
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