I Was a Stranger - Hardcover

Hackett, John Winthrop

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395270871 ISBN 13: 9780395270875

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1978

Synopsis

Badly wounded at the battle of Arnhem, and then spirited from his hospital bed by the Dutch Resistance, Brigadier John Hackett spent the winter of 1944 in Nazi-occupied Holland, hidden by a Dutch family, at great risk to their own lives. Hackett was at last well enough to set out on an adventure which would, he hoped, lead him to freedom.

About this title

About the Author:

General Sir John Hackett was born in Western Australia in 1910 and educated at Geelong Grammar School and New College, Oxford. He was commissioned into the 8th Hussars in 1931, and remained a regular soldier until 1968. During the Second World War he fought in Syria, the Western Desert and Italy, and also at the Battle of Arnhem. From 1968 to 1975 he was was Principal of King's College, London. He was President of both the Classical Association and the English Association of the United Kingdom. His publications include The Third World War (1978), The Third World War: The Untold Story (1982) and The Profession of Arms (1983).

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0395270871
• ISBN 13: 9780395270875
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 219