Author : H. E. L. Mellersh
Publisher :
Release Date : 1978-01-01
ISBN 10 : 0718301366
Pages : 200 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (31 users)
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Author : James Roffey
Publisher : The History Press
Release Date : 2010-07-09
ISBN 10 : 9780750952743
Pages : 128 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (75 users)
Download A Schoolboy's War in Sussex PDF by James Roffey Full Free and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-07-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although only children at the time, the Second World War had a permanent effect on the schoolboys who lived through the conflict. Watching a country preparing for war and then being immersed in the horrors of the Blitz brought encounters and events that some will never forget. Now in their seventies and eighties, many are revisiting their memories of this period of upheaval and strife for the first time. As he fully immersed himself in rural life in the little village of Pulborough, the author witnessed some extraordinary events, from finding an injured German airman in the woods, to watching Bailey bridges being erected in the fortified village and observing the Battle of Britain raging overhead. After four years of highs and lows, evacuation had a lasting effect, and although he could not wait to return to London, the author moved back to Sussex as soon as he was old enough.
Author : David F Wood
Publisher : The History Press
Release Date : 2010-04-12
ISBN 10 : 9780750952736
Pages : 128 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (75 users)
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Author : Jim Reeve
Publisher : The History Press
Release Date : 2010-09-06
ISBN 10 : 9780750952750
Pages : 128 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (75 users)
Download A Schoolboy's War in Cornwall PDF by Jim Reeve Full Free and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-09-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although only children at the time, the Second World War had a permanent effect on the schoolboys who lived through the conflict. Watching a country preparing for war and then being immersed in the horrors of the Blitz brought encounters and events that some will never forget. Now in their seventies and eighties, many are revisiting their memories of this period of upheaval and strife for the first time. In this poignant book, the author shares vivid memories of his evacuation from war-torn London to the comparative safety of places like Newquay, St Ives and Redruth in Cornwall. From touching recollections of enjoyable days spent with loved ones to the dark moments of falling bombs, this is an honest account of a wartime child’s formative years. Together with rare images and accounts from fellow evacuees who were sent to Cornwall to escape the ravages of war, this book reveals how these experiences are indelibly inscribed on the minds of wartime children.
Author : Clement Hoyle
Publisher : SERENDIPITY
Release Date : 2006-09
ISBN 10 : 9781843941781
Pages : 258 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (843 users)
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Author : Nellie Spence
Publisher :
Release Date : 2012
ISBN 10 : 065909018X
Pages : pages
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Author : Nellie Spence
Publisher :
Release Date : 2015-07-10
ISBN 10 : 1331126185
Pages : 26 pages
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Download The Schoolboy in the War (Classic Reprint) PDF by Nellie Spence Full Free and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-10 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Schoolboy in the War "When our great armies were improvised," he says, "the current fear was that a sufficient number of trained officers could not be provided to lead them. But the fear was groundless. The typical public-school boy proved a born leader of men. His good-humour and camaraderie, his high sense of duty, his personal gallantry were the qualities most needed in the long months of trench warfare. When the advance came he was equal to the occasion. Most of the righting was in small units, and the daring and intrepidity of men who a little while before had been schoolboys was a notable asset in this struggle of sheer human quality. The younger officers sacrificed themselves freely, and it was the names of platoon commanders that filled most of the casualty lists." Though speaking in general terms, Buchan has evidently in mind the English "public" school boy, the boy of Eton and Rugby and Harrow. Following afar off his great example, I wish, while writing under a general title, to pay a tribute to the Canadian Schoolboy in the War. Some recognition of his work and spirit is long overdue; and, failing a worthier voice and pen, I am constrained to essay the high, heroic theme. Arma puerumque cano - and oh, how much more inspiring a figure is the Boy than the Man to-day! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Robert Walser
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Release Date : 2013-09-03
ISBN 10 : 9781590176924
Pages : 208 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (59 users)
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Author : George Robb
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-09-16
ISBN 10 : 9781137307514
Pages : 296 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (137 users)
Download British Culture and the First World War PDF by George Robb Full Free and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First World War has left its imprint on British society and the popular imagination to an extent almost unparalleled in modern history. Its legacy of mass death, mechanized slaughter, propaganda, and disillusionment swept away long-standing romanticized images of warfare, and continues to haunt the modern consciousness. Focusing on the lives of ordinary Britons, George Robb's engaging new study seeks to comprehend what it meant for an entire society to undergo the tremendous shocks and demands of total war; how it attempted to make sense of the conflict, explain it to others, and deal with the war's legacies. British Culture and the First World War - examines the war's impact on ideologies of race, class and gender, the government's efforts to manage news and to promote patriotism, the role of the arts and sciences, and the commemoration of the war in the decades since - Synthesizes much of the best and most recent scholarship on the social and cultural history of the war. - Reclaims a great deal of neglected or forgotten popular cultural sources such as films, cartoons, juvenile literature and pulp fiction. Compact but comprehensive, this accessible and refreshing text is essential reading for anyone interested in British society and culture during the turbulent years of the First World War.
Author : Anthony Seldon
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2013-10-30
ISBN 10 : 9781781593080
Pages : 353 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (781 users)
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Author : Edmondo De Amicis
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-07-18
ISBN 10 : 9783752321210
Pages : 237 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (752 users)
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Author : J. Arnold
Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2011-06-14
ISBN 10 : 9780230307254
Pages : 461 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (23 users)
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Author : Martin Gilbert
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2009
ISBN 10 : 9780415552899
Pages : 314 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (415 users)
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Author : Mary Ellen Spence
Publisher :
Release Date : 1919
ISBN 10 : OCLC:504134032
Pages : 20 pages
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Author : E. S. Turner
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2012-06-19
ISBN 10 : 9780571296934
Pages : 304 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (571 users)
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Author : Frances Houghton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-01-10
ISBN 10 : 9781108496919
Pages : 307 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (18 users)
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Author : Christopher Handley
Publisher : Christopher Handley
Release Date : 2001
ISBN 10 : 9780952597391
Pages : 35 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (952 users)
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