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Présentation de l'éditeur
Traumatised by his experiences both as a gunner in the First World War and twenty years later as an Air Raid Warden in 1940 s Woolwich, Reg Burt finds it impossible to talk to his grandson, Tom about his early life. However, following a visit to a local fair Reg decides to write a journal for his grandson about what he did during the war detailing his experiences in graphic detail. Following Reg s death, Tom s parents give him the journal allowing him at last through his beloved grandfather s words and sketches to learn about his life and the grandmother he never knew.
Biographie de l'auteur
Steve Hookins developed the character of the Air Raid Warden which is the inspiration for this book after performing to hundreds of visiting schools at FirePower Museum in Woolwich. He is Mr Warden at military and history fairs such as Salute to the 40s at Chatham Dockyard an
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