I want to be... An Eagle Book of Careers is a paperback book offering advice and examples
of a wide choice of careers for boys in the late 1950's. Each topic is explained by a page of
description followed by a single page illustrated story about it. The first advert in the book
asks if you would like to run a Nuclear Power Station?
Original Price : 3s 6d (17½p)
Published by : Hulton Press Ltd in 1957
Dimensions : 25cm x 18.5cm with 64 pages.
Selected highlights:
- Want to be a doctor? It may cost you around £120 per year in tuition, books and instruments!
- An Architect's salary could be £1,000 or more.
- Britain had a coal industry
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| PAGE | |
| FOREWORD BY SIR EDWARD HULTON | 6 |
| INTRODUCTION BY MARCUS MORRIS, EDITOR OF EAGLE | 7 |
| CHOOSING A CAREER, BY ALEC RODGER AND CAVANAGH | 8 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE A DOCTOR | 10 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE A DENTIST OR OPTHALMIC OPTICIAN | 12 |
| IF YOU WANT A CAREER IN CHEMISTRY | 14 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE A VETERINARY SURGEON | 16 |
| IF YOU WANT A CAREER ON THE LAND | 18 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE A CIVIL ENGINEER | 20 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER | 22 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE A MECHANICAL ENGINEER | 24 |
| IF YOU WANT A CAREER IN THE RAILWAYS | 26 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE A SURVEYOR | 28 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE AN ARCHITECT | 30 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE AN ARTIST | 32 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT | 34 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE A LAWYER | 36 |
| IF YOU WANT A CAREER IN THE CIVIL SERVICE | 38 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE A CHURCH OR SOCIAL WORKER | 40 |
| IF YOU WANT A CAREER IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY | 42 |
| IF YOU WANT A CAREER IN CIVIL AIRWAYS | 44 |
| IF YOU WANT A CAREER IN METAL MINING OVERSEAS | 46 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE AN OFFICER IN THE MERCHANT NAVY | 48 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE AN OFFICER IN THE POLICE OR THE ARMY | 50 |
| IF YOU WANT A CAREER IN BANKING | 52 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE AN OFFICER IN THE ROYAL NAVY, THE ROYAL MARINES OR THE ROYAL AIR FORCE | 54 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE A JOURNALIST | 56 |
| IF YOU WANT TO BE A TEACHER | 58 |
| IF YOU WANT A CAREER IN SCIENCE | 60 |
| ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO THE CAREERS | 62 |