Churchill's children : the evacuee experience in wartime Britain / John Welshman.
- Welshman, John.
- Date:
- 2010
- Books
About this work
Description
Based on the stories of 13 children and adults, 'Churchill's Children' tells the often moving story of the evacuation of school children in Britain during the Second World War, from the perspective of the children themselves as well as the many adults who were caught up in this massive wartime enterprise.
Publication/Creation
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Physical description
xiii, 354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [316]-328) and index.
Contents
Introduction : a child's war -- Evacuation : just another word -- Operation Pied Piper -- The railway children -- Living out of a suitcase -- The official response -- A winter on welfare -- City and countryside -- Spitfire summer -- Victims or vandals? -- One year on -- The long haul -- Reconstruction -- Going home -- Ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineUR.U.41Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9780199574414
- 0199574413