Edité par Linnet Books, 1998
ISBN 10 : 0208024824 ISBN 13 : 9780208024824
Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8.
Edité par Linnet Books, 1998
ISBN 10 : 0208024824 ISBN 13 : 9780208024824
Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8.
Edité par Shoe String Press, Incorporated, 1998
ISBN 10 : 0208024824 ISBN 13 : 9780208024824
Vendeur : Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Etats-Unis
Etat : Very Good. illustrated edition. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Edité par Shoe String Press, Incorporated, 1998
ISBN 10 : 0208024824 ISBN 13 : 9780208024824
Vendeur : Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, Etats-Unis
Etat : Very Good. illustrated edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Edité par Shoe String Press Inc.,U.S., 1998
ISBN 10 : 0208024824 ISBN 13 : 9780208024824
Vendeur : WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, Royaume-Uni
Etat : Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers.
Edité par Linnet Books, 1998
ISBN 10 : 0208024824 ISBN 13 : 9780208024824
Vendeur : GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Etats-Unis
Etat : Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.65.
Edité par Linnet Books, 1998
ISBN 10 : 0208024824 ISBN 13 : 9780208024824
Vendeur : Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, Etats-Unis
Etat : Fair. Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within 0.65.
Edité par Linnet Books 1998, 1998
ISBN 10 : 0208024824 ISBN 13 : 9780208024824
Vendeur : Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australie
8vo hardcover 91pp index, b/w illus. good+, spine slanted / very good d/w. In her first book, Stalcup offers an adult perspective and anecdotal account of life in the rural town of Lydney, England, during WWII. Only four years old when England declared war on Germany in 1939, Stalcup cobbles together her own memories with those of neighbors and friends for this slow-moving and spotty chronicle of the war's military progress and its repercussions. The author recalls some interesting highlightsAan irritable teacher and several evacuated children from suburban Birmingham and London take up temporary residence in her home, her mother sews thick black curtains for protection from potential nighttime air raids, German and Italian POWs arrive to work on local farmsAbut does not recount them with the target audience in mind. Young readers must wade through a great deal of personal, often superfluous detail here (e.g., "English men were worried that with the Yanks now based in so many towns, the supply of beer would soon be gone!"), and in other instances must make sense of convoluted asides (e.g., "Since Hitler's ideal Germans were fair-skinned and blond-haired, the Nazis were suspicious of anyone with dark hair or skin, often making the assumption that they were Jewish"). Without a narrative through-line to recommend it as recreational reading, and with uneven pacing that creates a challenge for researchers (the year 1942 is covered in two chapters, 1940 gets eight), it's hard to pinpoint a readership for this one. Ages 8-11. nCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. nnFrom School Library JournalnGrade 6 Up-The author of this mesmerizing, beautifully written book was a three year old living in the English town of Lydney, Shropshire, when issued her first gas mask in September of 1938. A year later, Great Britain was at war with Germany. Told from a child's point of view, the story vividly brings to life Stalcup's world through the end of the war in May of 1945. In a straightforward and highly readable manner, she relates how her childhood was shaped by these historical forces. At first, the war "suddenly seemed rather wonderful to me," Stalcup states, for she soon had evacuees from Birmingham and London living with her family, children her own age to play with. She describes the changes that occurred in her family because of rationing, her father's service in the Home Guard, her mother's knitting for soldiers, blackouts, and the fiery destruction of nearby Bristol. Combined, they present a picture, albeit somewhat idealized through the filter of memory, of a family and a people coping as best they could under difficult circumstances. Personal and archival black-and-white photographs and a glossary of British English are included.
Edité par Linnet Books, 1998
ISBN 10 : 0208024824 ISBN 13 : 9780208024824
Vendeur : The Book Spot, Sioux Falls, SD, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : New.