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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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9781473618275 |
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355.020922 |
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Snow, Peter |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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War Stories: |
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by Peter Snow |
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Gripping Tales of Courage, Cunning and Compassion / |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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UK: |
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John Murray, |
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2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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344p.; |
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24cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Contents<br/><br/>Introduction<br/><br/>COURAGE<br/><br/>1. Edward Seager: One of the 600, Balaclava, 1854<br/><br/>2. Joshua Chamberlain: Professor and American Civil War Commander, 1862-5<br/><br/>3. Private Johnson Beharry VC: Firefight in Iraq, 2004<br/><br/>MESSENGERS<br/><br/>4. Paul Revere: Revolutionary Messenger, 1775<br/><br/>5. Laura Secord: Niagara Heroine, 1812-13<br/><br/>6. Harry Percy: Percy's Purse, Waterloo, 1815<br/><br/>SPECIAL FORCES<br/><br/>7. Krystyna Skarbek: Spy, Saboteur and Enchantress, 1939-45<br/><br/>8. Mike Sadler: SAS Driver and Navigator, 1941-5<br/><br/>9. Corran Purdon: Commando in 'the greatest ever raid', St Nazaire, 1942<br/><br/>SPIES AND INTELLIGENCE<br/><br/>10. Benedict Arnold: America's Greatest Turncoat, US War of Independence, 1775-81<br/><br/>11. Sonya: Spying for China and Russia, 1930-50<br/><br/>12. Ursula Graham Bower: Guerrilla Queen, Nagaland, 1942-5<br/><br/>COUPLES<br/><br/>13. Sir Robert and Lady Sale: Terror in Afghanistan, 1841-2<br/><br/>14. Harry and Juana Smith: From Badajoz to Waterloo, 1812-15<br/><br/>15. Helen and Edward Thomas: The Last Goodbye, 1917<br/>INNOVATION<br/><br/>16. Alexis Soyer: Celebrity Chef, Crimean War, 1855-6<br/><br/>17. Dr Norman Bethune: Pugnacious Medical Genius, 1936-9<br/><br/>MEDICINE<br/><br/>18. Magdalene de Lancey: Nursing a Dying Husband, Waterloo, 1815<br/><br/>19. Sumner Jackson: An American in Paris, 1940-4<br/><br/>20. Augusta Chiwy: Forgotten Angel of Bastogne 1944-5<br/><br/>WAR AT SEA<br/><br/>21. John Bulkeley: The Wreck of the Wager, 1741<br/><br/>22. Martin Nasmith: Submariner on the Rampage, Gallipoli, 1915<br/><br/>23. Charles Lightoller: From the Titanic to Dunkirk, 1912-40<br/><br/>WAR IN THE AIR<br/><br/>24. Billy Bishop: Canadian Fighter Pilot, 1915-18<br/><br/>25. Butch O'Hare: Second World War Ace, 1941-3<br/><br/>ESCAPES<br/><br/>26. Franz von Werra: Luftwaffe Escapee in UK and Canada, 1940-1<br/><br/>27. Eric Newby: Escape in Italy, the Fugitive with a Sense of Humour, 1943<br/><br/>28. Ahmad Terkawi: Flight from Syria, 2012-15<br/><br/>COMPASSION<br/><br/>29. Mary Borden: Nurse and Novelist, 1914-18 and 1939-45<br/><br/>30. John Rabe: The Living Buddha of Nanking, 1937-8<br/><br/>31. Nicholas Winton: Children's Saviour, 1939<br/><br/>Acknowledgements Illustration Credits Notes and Sources Index<br/> |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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War Stories is a fascinating account of ordinary men and women swept up in the turbulence of war. These are the stories - many untold until now - of thirty-four individuals who have pushed the boundaries of love, bravery, suffering and terror beyond the imaginable. They span three centuries and five continents. There is the courage of Edward Seagar who survived the Charge of the Light Brigade; the cunning of Krystyna Skarbek, quick-thinking spy and saboteur during the Second World War; the skullduggery of Benedict Arnold, who switched sides in the American War of Independence and the compassion of Magdalene de Lancey who tenderly nursed her dying husband at Waterloo. Told with vivid narrative flair and full of unexpected insights, War Stories moves effortlessly from tales of spies, escapes and innovation to uplifting acts of humanity, celebrating men and women whose wartime experiences are beyond compare<br/>(Source: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=War+stories+%3A+gripping+tales+of+courage%2C+cunning+and+compassion&offset=1) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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WAR |
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