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Author:

Welshman, John.

Title:

Churchill's children : the evacuee experience in wartime Britain / John Welshman.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xiii, 354 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Children--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [316]-328) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : a child's war -- Evacuation : just another word -- Operation Pied Piper -- The railway children -- Living out of a suitcase -- The official response -- A winter on welfare -- City and countryside -- Spitfire summer -- Victims or vandals? -- One year on -- The long haul -- Reconstruction -- Going home -- Ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.

Summary:

Based on the stories of 13 children and adults, 'Churchill's Children' tells the often moving story of the evacuation of school children in Britain during the Second World War, from the perspective of the children themselves as well as the many adults who were caught up in this massive wartime enterprise.

ISBN:

0199574413 (hbk.)
9780199574414 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)489631662

LCCN:

2009943743

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GXPA501 -- Baxter Community Library (Baxter)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)