John Smith - Our Local Author

John Smith lives at Colonsay, Kirton Road, Egmanton. He has written a book 'Violets' as a memoir charting the life of a boy born in the war years to a small tenant farmer on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border using horses to work the land and hand-milking cows and without mains electricity. This boy fails the 11+ but goes on to become a qualified accountant and a senior consultant with the international firm of Price Waterhouse.

Click on the links below to see articles by or about John:

• Newark Advertiser article about Violets
• Nottingham Evening Post article about Violets
• Tuxfordian article by John about the History of the Stock Exchange
• Tuxfordian article by John about the fundamentals of investing in the stock market

Violets can be bought from John’s website www.jgwalkersmith.co.uk  for £11.99. The website has links to a synopsis of the work and a brief note about the author. Anyone not wishing to access the web can obtain a copy from the author directly on 01777 871226 or 07966 225941. Violets is also obtainable from Amazon at £14.99 or from the public library where it is listed on their supplier’s website “Askeys”