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1 online resource : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
The Wiltshire farmer/author/broadcaster Arthur (A G) Street was one of the leading voices of British agriculture during WW2. His daughter Pamela - herself an aspiring writer - was eighteen when war broke out. Her contributions to the war effort included working on her father's farm, nursing in the local military hospital, and serving in the ATS. Her future husband, David McCormick, served with the 4th RHA in North Africa. Capture in December 1941, he endured the remainder of the war in prison camps in Italy and Germany. Miranda McCormick has skilfully woven together her forebears' very differing wartime experiences. Of specific interest to social, military and agricultural historians, for the general reader this is also an intensely human - at times heart-rending - story of love, duty, separation, temptation, guilt and eventual reunion. Pamela fell in love with an American pilot - but she remained true to David. The strain was so much that she was invalidated out of the ATS. |
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Title; Praise; Dedication; Author's Note; Acknowledgements; Contents; Foreword by Max Hastings; Introduction: When the Music Stopped; 1 Before the War: The Streets; 2 Wilton at War (1939); 3 The 'Phoney War' and Descriptions of 'Dunkirk' (January-June 1940); 4 A Defiant Nation: Nursing, Officer Training and Romance (July-December 1940); 5 A Protracted Parting (January-May 1941); 6 Heartache, Hospital and High Seas (May-August 1941); 7 Desert Life and a Difficult Decision (August-November 1941); 8 'Operation Crusader' (November-December 1941); 9 Capture (December 1941). |
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10 Unaccustomed Activity and ATS Training (Late 1941-February 1942)11 Missing in Action (February-April 1942); 12 A Lighter Load, a Hampered Harvest and a Moment of Rejoicing (April-December 1942); 13 American Impact, 'Operation Husky' and an Unwelcome Move (January-October 1943); 14 ATS Promotion and Worrying Events (October-December 1943); 15 The Build-up to D-Day and a Crisis of Conscience (January-June 1944); 16 D-Day, Dramatics and Winter Worries (July-December 1944); 17 The End of the War and an Awkward Reunion (1945); 18 Post-War Life: America, London and 'Operation Farming' (1946-49). |
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Epilogue: 'Lest We Forget'Bibliography; Plates; Copyright. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
McCormick, Miranda -- Family.
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Street, A. G. (Arthur George), 1892-1966.
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Street, A. G. (Arthur George), 1892-1966. |
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Street, Pamela, 1921-
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Street, Pamela, 1921- |
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McCormick, David -- Imprisonment.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- War work.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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War work. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- England.
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Families. |
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Imprisonment. |
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Social aspects. |
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Women. |
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England. |
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Great Britain. |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McCormick, Miranda. Farming, fighting and family. Stroud : The History Press, 2015 9780750961837 (OCoLC)942849613 |
| ISBN |
9780750965644 (electronic book) |
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0750965649 (electronic book) |
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075096183X |
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