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Tales from the Forgotten Front
John Wade
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Description for Tales from the Forgotten Front
Paperback. Reveals, through the eyes of a conscripted soldier, the day-to-day lives of British soldiers in British West Africa during World War II Looks at the strange cultures, the landscape and wildlife, the unusual situations that were encountered in an alien and often frightening location known as The White Man's Grave Num Pages: 144 pages, +8pp colour section. BIC Classification: 1HFD; 3JJH; HBJH; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
In November 1943, four years into World War II, Corporal Sid Wade, a conscripted and reluctant soldier in the British Army, was uprooted from a cold English winter and transported to the tropical coast of West Africa. Sid Wade was the author's father and, nearly 70 years after his two-year stint in Sierra Leone, he discovered the scrapbooks and diaries he had compiled during his time there. These were filled and overflowing with letters to and from home, his army paybook, post cards, snapshots, drawings, paintings, newspaper clippings, maps, government pamphlets, amateur dramatics and music concert programmes, poetry written ... Read more
In November 1943, four years into World War II, Corporal Sid Wade, a conscripted and reluctant soldier in the British Army, was uprooted from a cold English winter and transported to the tropical coast of West Africa. Sid Wade was the author's father and, nearly 70 years after his two-year stint in Sierra Leone, he discovered the scrapbooks and diaries he had compiled during his time there. These were filled and overflowing with letters to and from home, his army paybook, post cards, snapshots, drawings, paintings, newspaper clippings, maps, government pamphlets, amateur dramatics and music concert programmes, poetry written ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Caithness, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849951265
SKU
V9781849951265
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Ref
99-1
About John Wade
A former editor of Photography, the author then became a freelance writer, photographer and researcher. He has written and illustrated numerous articles on photographic and social history and is the author of more than 30 books.
Reviews for Tales from the Forgotten Front
`...pieces together a picture of an unexpectedly romantic, poetic, side of his father from his personal archive. The result is a wonderfully warm, rich and informative read, packed with details and pictures about a serviceman's life in this lesser-known theatre of war.' Family Tree