| Description |
1 online resource (192 pages). |
| Series |
Reminiscence
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| Access |
Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
In 1939, John Wright, a four-year-old boy from a deprived but loving Middlesbrough home, was uprooted from his family and evacuated to a large house in North Yorkshire, requisitioned as a nursery school. His story is not unlike any other during the upheaval of wartime, but in this remarkably lucid and detailed set of recollections, a seventy-three-year-old man tells his story of love, loss and life with the delight and fear of a wartime child. His poignant memories of cruelty and hurt are set against a beautiful voyage of discovery as a young boy explores the Yorkshire countryside and comes of age in a unique environment, only to be struck by an unbearable tragedy. A bittersweet tale of innocence and stark realities, Child from Home explores why wartime means so much to our collective memory - and reveals the devastating effect we have on children as we try to protect them from conflict. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Wright, John T. -- Childhood and youth.
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HISTORY / General.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- England -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- England -- North Yorkshire.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wright, John T. Child from home. Oxford : ISIS, 2010. 9780753195666 (hbk.) (OCoLC)520741183 |
| Standard No. |
9780752480046 |
| ISBN |
9780752480046 (e-pub) |
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