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Author:

Millard, Candice, author.

Title:

Hero of the empire Candice Millard.

Publisher:

Anchor Books,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

381 pages ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Military leadership.
South African War, 1899-1902--Participation--British.
Prisoners and prisons.

Summary:

At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England. He arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of vintage wine in tow, to cover the brutal colonial war the British were fighting with Boer rebels and jumpstart his political career. But just two weeks later, Churchill was taken prisoner. Remarkably, he pulled off a daring escapetraversing hundreds of miles of enemy territory, alone, with nothing but a crumpled wad of cash, four slabs of chocolate, and his wits to guide him. Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0307948781
9780307948786

LCCN:

bl2017021035

Locations:

AFPD266 -- Bloomfield Public Library (Bloomfield)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

GPPC641 -- Gutekunst Public Library (State Center)