31019 - A Frank Account - Couverture rigide

Cheney, Frank

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1857769783 ISBN 13 : 9781857769784

Editeur : Book Guild Publishing Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

"The stretcher was placed on the floor and people gathered around me...Finally a doctor straightened up and addressed me in his best English. 'I ask your permission to take your leg off, or you will die.'" Many books have been written of daring escapes from POW camps. "31019 - A Frank Account" is very different - it is the true story of someone who literally could not make a run for it. Frank Cheney, a keen amateur runner, enlisted in the Royal Engineers and received a number of shrapnel wounds following an attack by a German Stuka dive-bomber. As a result, his left leg was amputated. Captured by the enemy, he ended up at Stalag VIIIb in Upper Silesia with over 10,000 other POW's, 1,000 of which were severely injured. Showing true bravery and determination, Frank and his new friends made the most of their dire situation. Teaming up with other amputees and calling themselves the 'Bits and Pieces', the inmates kept their sense of humour. When a Swiss team asked where they wanted to be repatriated, one group said Australia, just for a change. This is a side to the war that very little is known about, and Frank Cheney describes it all with warmth, modesty and wit.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Frank Cheney was born in Bath in 1919. He served with the Royal Engineers in the Second World War where he was wounded in duty and captured. In 1943 Frank was repatriated and fitted with an artificial limb before returning to work for the LMS Railway, where he had worked as a young man. Following a long serving career here, Frank later joined the Meat and Livestock Commission. He is married and lives in Fenny, Stratford. He has a son and daughter.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Guild Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1857769783
• ISBN 13: 9781857769784
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible