Tom Kipper: The Wartime Years
Peter Sale
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Description for Tom Kipper: The Wartime Years
Paperback. Memories of an Irish lad in wartime Liverpool Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 212. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
At the tender age of fourteen, loveable rogue Tom Kipper is thrust from the schoolroom of St Joseph's Academy of Hard Knocks into the adult world of work. Armed with advice from his God-fearing Irish mother, he soon finds himself working as an office boy in the heart of Liverpool. With the Blitz at its height, life in the city is full of adventure. There are air raids to be watched, with action as spectacular as the movies, from a ringside seat on the office roof. And there's money to be made - Tom's mate Flannery promises he'll make a ... Read more
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Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755336791
SKU
KRA0004817
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Peter Sale
Peter Sale was born in Liverpool to an Irish family and received his education at Saint Joseph's Academy of Hard Knocks. He left school at fourteen, ready for adventure, and, after ducking bombs with the American Red Cross in London, chasing Nazis in Hamburg, training with the New Zealand Air Force, writing country music in Nashville and appearing in Hollywood ... Read more
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