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Ben Wicks
Hardcover
228 pages
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No Time To Wave Goodbye (1st Edition)
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Based on the experiences of more than eight thousand evacuees, this is both an important historical record and an emotional documentary of the 1939 evacuation of British civilians to homes thought to be safe from the threat of German bombs.
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| Weight | 0.700 kg |
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| Dimensions | 24.0 × 16.5 × 2.40 cm |
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