San Fairy Ann?: Motorcycles and British Victory 1914-1918 - Couverture souple

Carragher, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1908487380 ISBN 13 : 9781908487384

Editeur : FireStep Press, 2013

Synopsis

Very good condition paperback with minimal wear. Contents are clean and bright throughout with no markings.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The first book to explore the value of the motorcycle to communications, and how the despatch rider prevented German victory. When Roger West mounted his motorbike he had no idea he was riding into history or that his King would shake his hand he was merely doing his duty . That one of his feet was so injured he couldn t wear a boot was beside the point: San Fairy Ann that didn t matter. To Roger, an amateur despatch rider in the British Expeditionary Force, it seemed a pity that a bridge along the Great Retreat of August 1914 was open to the German armies, so he rode back to blow it up. When he wasn t up to such japes he and his chums in the Despatch Rider Corps, almost all civilians in uniform, were riding day and night to hold a desperate force together, so that it might fight another day. Despatch riders saved the British Army from annihilation. How did these real-life Boy s Own heroes come to be forgotten?

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael teaches history, geography and English in the Irish secondary and vocational education systems. His MA in First World War Studies at the University of Birmingham was awarded with distinction , and, among other awards he won the Max Rosen essay prize in 2007. Previously published countless reviews and many short stories and non-fiction pieces, notably A World Full of Places and Other Stories (Belfast: Blackstaff, 1997). .

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: FireStep Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908487380
• ISBN 13: 9781908487384
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 294
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible