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

  • Welshman, John.
Date:
2010
  • Books

About this work

Description

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.

Publication/Creation

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Physical description

xiii, 354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Contributors

Bibliographic information

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.

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    UR.U.41
    Open shelves

Permanent link

Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9780199574414
  • 0199574413