No Time to Wave Goodbye The True Story of Britain's Evacuees With and introduction by one-time evacuee Michael Caine

Wicks, Ben; Michael Caine

ISBN 10: 0747500835 / ISBN 13: 9780747500834

Published by Bloomsbury Books, London, 1988

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First edition first printing . octavo hardback. xii, 228 pp, illustrated. Near Fine condition in Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket. No inscriptions.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: No Time to Wave Goodbye The True Story of Britain's Evacuees With and introduction by one-time evacuee Michael Caine
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Books, London
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747500835
• ISBN 13: 9780747500834
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 600 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Second World War

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very good copy in lighty shelf worn DJ, True Stories of Britain's 3,500,000 evacuees, with introduction from one time evacuee Michale Caine.

From School Library Journal

YA-- As early as 1924, a government committee decided that if England were ever at war again, the children would be evacuated from London to small villages in the countryside. This is the story of those evacuated children, often told in their words. In one four-day period alone, over 16,000 children were removed from London; ultimately a quarter of London's population was removed. There are repeated reminiscences of heartbroken parents seeing their children off on trains and having no idea of their destinations. In many instances the children arrived in villages unprepared for lodging them. Many times they endured humiliation and cruelty--sometimes even sexual abuse. But for many others it was an opportunity to escape London's poverty and experience indoor plumbing, use knives and forks, ride in a car or train, and see animals. Actor Michael Caine shares his own experiences as an evacuee in the foreword. Wicks provides his own special insight since he, too, was one of these children. He makes it clear that evacuated children are still trying to cope with the impact of this episode on their lives. --Barbara Weathers, Duchesne Academy, Houston
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