White Knees Brown Knees : " Suez Canal Zone 1951 - 1954 ,The Forgotten Years" (an author inscribed first printing)

Douglas James Findlay

ISBN 10: 0905389018 / ISBN 13: 9780905389011

Edité par Discover Press,uk, 2003

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uk1st.edition.1st.printing.near fine hardback in a vg dustwrapper.inscribed by the author on the half title page "to len-aka gaddy who enjoyed a cooks tour of egypt -like general montgomery he wore 2 cap badges!best wishes-douglas findlay" a heavy book requiring extra postage for none uk address.

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• Titre: White Knees Brown Knees : " Suez Canal Zone 1951 - 1954 ,The Forgotten Years" (an author inscribed first printing)
• Éditeur: Discover Press,uk
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0905389018
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780905389011
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Signé: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

When Doug Findlay signed on at the recruiting office in Edinburgh in 1951 he had ions of a local posting and wowing the ladies as one of the RAF s Brylcreem boys. Instead, he found himself combatting sandstorms, mosquitoes and murderous Egyptians who wanted Doug and his fellow Brits out of the Suez C Zone as much as they wanted to go home. White Knees Brown Knees, his account of a lowly erk s part in defending the C, is guaranteed to raise many a smile, especially from anyone who ever buffed a barrackroom or billet floor. But the book also has a serious side. Its Roll of Honour records a death toll of over 1,100 and shows why the Government had to do a u-turn and award the medal Suez veterans should have had half a century ago.