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Tony Parker

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Born: June 24 1923

Died: 0202 10 19961996

Tony Parker was an oral historian whose work was dedicated to giving a voice to British and American society's most marginalised figures, from single mothers to lighthouse keepers to criminals, including murderers

Born in Stockport, Cheshire, Parker was a conscientious objector during World War II, and directed to work in a coal mine. He moved to London and worked as a publisher's representative at Odhams Press. He campaigned against capital punishment and became very interested in prisons and their occupants, eventually focussing on the experiences of prisoners after release. Tony Parker died in Westleton, Suffolk, having just completed his study of his American counterpart Studs Terkel.

Tony Parker

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Born: June 24 1923

Died: 0202 10 19961996

Tony Parker was an oral historian whose work was dedicated to giving a voice to British and American society's most marginalised figures, from single mothers to lighthouse keepers to criminals, including murderers

Born in Stockport, Cheshire, Parker was a conscientious objector during World War II, and directed to work in a coal mine. He moved to London and worked as a publisher's representative at Odhams Press. He campaigned against capital punishment and became very interested in prisons and their occupants, eventually focussing on the experiences of prisoners after release. Tony Parker died in Westleton, Suffolk, having just completed his study of his American counterpart Studs Terkel.

Books from Tony Parker

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Omnibus

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God of War: Fallen God #1

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Life After Life: Interviews With Twelve Murderers

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Tony Parker: Beyond All of My Dreams

3.3/5 ( ratings)

The People of Providence: A Housing Estate and Some of Its Inhabitants

4.4/5 ( ratings)

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Red Hill: A Mining Community (Coronet Books)

4.3/5 ( ratings)

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4.1/5 ( ratings)

The Violence of Our Lives: Interviews with American Murderers

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The Twisting Lane: Some Sex Offenders

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #23

Mystery Weekly Magazine: June 2018

4.6/5 ( ratings)

The Twisting Lane: Some Sex Offenders

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Elephantmen: Mammoth Volume 3

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Criminal Conversations: An Anthology of the Work of Tony Parker

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #20

R.I.P.D. (Issues) (8 Book Series)