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An account of a young child living in Lydney, England, during World War II includes memories of air raids, gas masks, rationing, and war news as well as routines of family, friends, and school
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Ann Stalcup was born and raised in England, and now resides in California, where she is retired from teaching third grade. She has written articles for Faces and Skipping Stones magazine. This account of her wartime childhood is her first book.
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On the Home Front : Growing up in Wartime England
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Shoe String Press, Incorporated, 1998
ISBN 10: 0208024824
ISBN 13: 9780208024824
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Da: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Regno Unito
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Condizione: Very Good. illustrated edition. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Codice articolo GRP75190301
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On the Home Front: Growing Up in Wartime England
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Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR008233258
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On the Home Front: Growing Up in Wartime England
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Linnet Books, 1998
ISBN 10: 0208024824
ISBN 13: 9780208024824
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Da: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
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Condizione: Very Good. Signed Copy . Very Good dust jacket. Signed/Inscribed by author on title page. Codice articolo SB02N-00149
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On the Home Front: Growing Up in Wartime England
Da: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australia
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Condizione: Very Good. 8vo hardcover 91pp index, b/w illus. good+, spine slanted / very good d/w. In her first book, Stalcup offers an adult perspective and anecdotal account of life in the rural town of Lydney, England, during WWII. Only four years old when England declared war on Germany in 1939, Stalcup cobbles together her own memories with those of neighbors and friends for this slow-moving and spotty chronicle of the war's military progress and its repercussions. The author recalls some interesting highlightsAan irritable teacher and several evacuated children from suburban Birmingham and London take up temporary residence in her home, her mother sews thick black curtains for protection from potential nighttime air raids, German and Italian POWs arrive to work on local farmsAbut does not recount them with the target audience in mind. Young readers must wade through a great deal of personal, often superfluous detail here (e.g., "English men were worried that with the Yanks now based in so many towns, the supply of beer would soon be gone!"), and in other instances must make sense of convoluted asides (e.g., "Since Hitler's ideal Germans were fair-skinned and blond-haired, the Nazis were suspicious of anyone with dark hair or skin, often making the assumption that they were Jewish"). Without a narrative through-line to recommend it as recreational reading, and with uneven pacing that creates a challenge for researchers (the year 1942 is covered in two chapters, 1940 gets eight), it's hard to pinpoint a readership for this one. Ages 8-11. nCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. nnFrom School Library JournalnGrade 6 Up-The author of this mesmerizing, beautifully written book was a three year old living in the English town of Lydney, Shropshire, when issued her first gas mask in September of 1938. A year later, Great Britain was at war with Germany. Told from a child's point of view, the story vividly brings to life Stalcup's world through the end of the war in May of 1945. In a straightforward and highly readable manner, she relates how her childhood was shaped by these historical forces. At first, the war "suddenly seemed rather wonderful to me," Stalcup states, for she soon had evacuees from Birmingham and London living with her family, children her own age to play with. She describes the changes that occurred in her family because of rationing, her father's service in the Home Guard, her mother's knitting for soldiers, blackouts, and the fiery destruction of nearby Bristol. Combined, they present a picture, albeit somewhat idealized through the filter of memory, of a family and a people coping as best they could under difficult circumstances. Personal and archival black-and-white photographs and a glossary of British English are included. Codice articolo 47642
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