The Road to Nab End - William Woodruff

I read this book some time ago, and since then I have become a huge William Woodruff fan, if you have never read a book by William Woodruff, then I think this should be your first. William Takes us back into the past, with him and we learn what it was like to live back then, and how hard you had to work for the things you needed, no matter how hard it got William held on in there. We are taken on an emotional ride of up's and downs, as William is growing up. The book is very well written, and kind of grabs you from the start. I recomend this book to anyone who loves a good read, and like's books that are about real life. If you like a good read then why ...  Read the complete review

William Woodruff is the boy from Blackburn. He made good in the United States and became a writer of history books. Around 1992 he revisited Blackburn Lancashire, his birth place. He tells a fantastic story of his boyhood in this Lancashire Cotton Town. He was born in 1916 so the story he tells occurred in the 1920's. His Blackburn is in decline, the cotton business is failing and against this background his story unfolds. The Woodruffs came to Blackburn sometime in the middle of the 19th Century from the Lake District and settled to a life in the textile trade. At this time Blackburn was a very important place. We are with William has he ...  Read the complete review