| Description |
xxiv, 184 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Women of action |
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Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Summary |
"The as yet unpublished memoirs for young adults of the only female SOE agent to lead a French Resistance network during World War II"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-174) and index. |
| Contents |
A Difficult Childhood -- Courtship with Henri Cornioley -- Escape from France -- Training and Preparation in the Ranks of the SOE -- Parachuting into Occupied France -- Courier Missions, Code Names, and Covers -- The Michelin Factory Affair -- Arrest of a Resistance Leader -- The Battle of Les Souches -- Organizing the Maquis -- Into the Forest -- Postwar Life -- Righting Wrongs -- Conclusion -- Epilogue by Raymond Billard, "Gaspard" |
| Subject |
Cornioley, Pearl Witherington, 1914-2008 -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain -- Juvenile literature.
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Cornioley, Pearl Witherington, 1914-2008.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
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| Added Author |
Larroque, Hervé.
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Atwood, Kathryn J., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781613744871 hardback |
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1613744870 hardback |
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