From Battle of Britain Airman to POW Escapee
Autor Angela Walkeren Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 mar 2017
After languishing in POW camps and hospitals for more than two years, Ian had the good fortune of being placed on a list of injured men to be exchanged, man for man, with German prisoners. The little-known story of the history-making exchange that took place in Barcelona in October 1943 is detailed here, describing how thousands of allied and axis prisoners were safely returned to their homelands in the midst of war.
Ian's daughter, Angela Walker, has endeavored to preserve the details of her father's extraordinary odyssey in full. Her tale circumnavigates the globe, weaving snippets taken from letters and extensive journals kept by her father in order to create a compelling, warm hearted and thrilling account of his war. Having once inspired her to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, her father now continues to inform and inspire her through the stories she's recovered from his past. Her book commemorates the efforts of all New Zealand's wartime airmen who, like her father, made significant contributions in the fight for allied victory.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781473890725
ISBN-10: 1473890721
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 20 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 161 x 241 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Pen & Sword Books
ISBN-10: 1473890721
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 20 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 161 x 241 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Pen & Sword Books
Notă biografică
Angela Walker is a first-time author from New Zealand. She is also a former Olympic gymnast and Commonwealth gold medalist, inspired in her own sporting endeavors by her father, a champion cyclist who narrowly missed Commonwealth Games selection himself, cycling on a leg that had been injured during the war. The publication of this book represents the culmination of a real labor of love on her part, commemorating the life and career of her late father and celebrating him as an icon of endurance and survival
Descriere
Memoirs of Second World War pilots from New Zealand are scarce; this new publication preserves a unique voice and perspective on events.