peter mccandless

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Gender Male
Industry Education
Occupation History Professor, retired
Location United Kingdom
Introduction Writer, Historian, Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus . Born in Scotland, grew up in US, live in London. Love taking photos, tennis, hiking, art, nature, birds, animals, travel. Author of Prize-winning Slavery, Disease, and Suffering, Cambridge UP
Interests tennis, photography, writing, travel, arts, hiking, history, film, nature, politics
Favorite Movies Paths of Glory, The Third Man, Witness for the Prosecution, Lawrence of Arabia, Mister Roberts, Whisky Galore, Stalag 17, Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot, The French Lieutenant's Woman, A Touch of Evil, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, and many more.
Favorite Music The WHO, Pink Floyd, Dylan, The Police, Mike and the Mechanics, Fleetwood Mac, Beatles, Stones, Jethro Tull, Avett Brothers, New Radicals, BeeGees, and lots of classical, jazz, blues, bluegrass
Favorite Books Thousands