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How Britain Kept Calm and Carried On: True stories from the Home Front

How Britain Kept Calm and Carried On: True stories from the Home Front

by Anton Rippon (Author)

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    Hardcover 2014

    $4.24
Synopsis

The British are well known for their unique sense of humour - for the ability to see the funny side even in the most dire situation - and it was that humour that helped the nation through the dark days of the Second World War. In this heartwarming, often amusing and sometimes heartbreakingly sad book, Anton Rippon has gathered together stories from people all over the country that reveal the strange, incredible and downright funny things that happened to them between 1939 and 1945. From the Blitz to the Home Guard, blackouts to unexploded bombs, service life at home and abroad, there are stories here from all walks of life and from men, women and children of the time. Their first-person stories stand testament to that indomitable spirit that 'kept us calm and carrying on' through those darkest days.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 224
 Edition: First Edition First Printing
 Publisher: Michael O'Mara
Published: 08 May 2014
ISBN 10: 178243190X
ISBN 13: 9781782431909

Media Reviews
Another outstanding piece of social history... at once sentimental, funny, and also sad, an account of how, with minimum amount of fuss while everything around them was in chaos, a generation somehow managed to overcome huge adversity Sports Journalists' Association A collection of real life stories from the Home Front Tribune Stories here from all walks of life... their undiluted first-person stories stand testament to the events of the Second World War Britain at War Entertaining anecdotes from life on the Home Front Evergreen magazine A fascinating account of what it means to suffer through a war... beautifully put together and is a terrific tribute to all those who kept calm and carried on The Bookbag Recounts the memories of real people living through extraordinary times Derby Telegraph A fascinating tribute to a generation's dogged determination and bulldog spirit Lancaster Guardian
Author Bio
Anton Rippon was born in the Midlands during the Second World War. Anton has worked as a newspaper journalist and feature writer - his work has appeared in The Times, The Independent, The Guardian and the Sunday Telegraph and FourFourTwo - and he is the author of some 30 books. Other recent books of Anton's include Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: Football (David & Charles, 2012), Gunther Pluschow: Airman, Escaper and Explorer (Pen & Sword Military, 2009) and Gas Masks for Goal Posts: Football in Britain during the Second World War (The History Press, 2007). For over 20 years he was a publisher with Breedon Books, the sports and history book publishing company he founded in 1982 and ran until he sold it in 2003 in order to resume his own writing career. Anton is a member of the Sports Journalists' Association of Great Britain, the Football Writers' Association, and the International Society of Olympic Historians.