BURTON, Anthony

BURTON, Anthony. British, b. 1934. Genres: Novels, History, Transportation, Travel/Exploration, Biography. Career: Self-employed writer since 1968. Ed., Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1963-67; Publicity Manager, Penguin Books, London, 1967-68. Publications: Programmed Guide to Office Warfare (humour), 1969; The Jones Report (humour), 1970; The Canal Builders, 1972, 1981, 1993; The Reluctant Musketeer (novel), 1973; Canals in Colour, 1974; Remains of a Revolution, 1974; The Master Idol (novel), 1975; The Navigators (novel), 1976; (with D. Pratt) Canal, 1976; Josiah Wedgwood, 1976; The Miners, 1976; A Place to Stand (novel), 1977; Back Door Britain, 1977; Industrial Archaeological Sites of Britain, 1977; (with Pip Burton) The Green Bag Travellers, 1978; The Past at Work, 1980; The Rainhill Story, 1980; The Changing River, 1982; The Past Afloat, 1982; The Shell Book of Curious Britain, 1982; The National Trust Guide to Our Industrial Past, 1983; The Waterways of Britain, 1983; The Rise and Fall of King Cotton, 1984; (co-ed) Canals: A New Look, 1984; Walking the Line, 1985; Wilderness Britain, 1985; (with J Morgan) Britain's Light Railways, 1985; The Shell Book of Undiscovered Britain & Ireland, 1986; (with J May) Landscape Detective, 1986; Britain Revisited, 1986; Opening Time, 1987; Steaming Through Britain, 1987; Walk the South Downs, 1988; Walking Through History, 1988; The Yorkshire Dales and York, 1989; The Great Days of the Canals, 1989; Cityscapes, 1990; Astonishing Britain, 1990; Slow Roads, 1991; The Railway Builders, 1992; Canal Mania, 1993; (with N Curtis) The Grand Union Canal Walk, 1993; The Railway Empire, 1994; The Rise and Fall of British Shipbuilding, 1994; The Coswold Way, 1995; The Dales Way, 1995; The West Highland Way, 1996; The Southern Upland Way, 1997; The Wye Valley Walk, 1997. Address: 25 Cowper Rd., Redland, Bristol BS6 6NZ, England.