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100 1 Gaskin, Margaret.
245 10 Blitz :|bthe story of December 29, 1940 /|cMargaret
Gaskin.
250 First U.S. edition.
264 1 Orlando, Fla. :|bHarcourt,|c2006.
264 1 |c2005.
300 xviii, 430 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
|billustrations, maps ;|c24 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
500 "First published in the United Kingdom by Faber and Faber
Limited"--T.p. verso.
500 Maps on lining papers.
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages [380]-388) and
index.
505 0 Introduction: Like the curtain of a theatre . . . -- Maps:
City of London and County of London -- PRELUDE -- 1 Very
Well, Alone -- 2 Obdurate and cocky -- 3 Practically no
talk of horrors at all -- 4 Old man of the tribe -- 5 A
leaning towards acrobatics -- 6 Two opposing worlds -- 7
Things had been wonderful -- 8 You would not mind London
at all now -- 9 The Typhoid Mary -- FUGUE -- 10 Boots on
the lawn, boots on the wide stone stair -- 11 Goodnight
Children, Everywhere! -- 12 Early English louts -- 13
Great sound waves washing over the city -- 14 It is going
to be a warm night -- 15 As light as day -- 16 Burnt off
like weed patches from the air -- 17 Blackwall Tunnel only,
mate -- 18 St Paul's must be saved at all costs -- 19 A
ghostly pilgrimage -- 20 Like a sprig of holly on top of a
Christmas pudding -- 21 Many fires about tonight, old boy
-- 22 The most beautiful thing I have ever seen -- CHORALE
-- 23 Poor old London -- 24 Let's not look back too much--
CODA -- Envoi: This is what we¿ve been fighting for --
APPENDIX A: The Arsenal of Democracy -- APPENDIX B: What
Remains Behind -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements --
Select Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.
651 0 London (England)|xHistory|yBombardment, 1940-1945.
651 0 London (England)|xSocial conditions|y20th century.
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