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No Time to Wave Goodbye

Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Illustrated Ilustrador. First Thus 1st Printing. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. #1 Bestseller. WITH A FOREWORD BY ONE-TIME EVACUEE: Michael Caine. CONTENTS: Foreword by Michael Caine; Introduction; PART ONE: THE YEARS BEFORE 1 A Personal Experience 2 The Plans are Laid; PART TWO: TIME TO GO 3 The Roots are Pulled 4 The Journey 5 "I'll take that one"; PART THREE: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS 6 Far from Home 7 The Phoney War Ends 8 The Terror Begins; PART FOUR: THE MEMORIES LIVE ON 9 "I'd never do it to my kids" 10 Back to the Past. SYNOPSIS: In the early hours of September 1, 1939, German troops made their way across the border and into Poland. At the same time, thousands of children in Britain rubbed their eyes and climbed from their beds. Within hours they joined the crocodile lines of young children making their way to the nearest railway station, headed for the "safety" of homes in the country. They were and forever will be known as the "evacuees," part of the greatest movement of people that Britain had ever experienced. Now, for the first time, No Time to Wave Goodbye tells their story-through letters, pictures and the narrative of Ben Wicks, a former evacuee himself. Ben Wicks was born in London's East End in 1926. Wicks, one of Canada's most celebrated cartoonists and journalists, lives in Toronto with his wife, Doreen. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Nº de ref. del artículo: 001105

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