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Pick Up Your Parrots and Monkeys: And Fall in Facing the Boat

Door William Pennington

Categorie
Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer
#378636-VD39
Titel
Pick Up Your Parrots and Monkeys: And Fall in Facing the Boat
Auteur
Pennington, William
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Cassell
Jaar van uitgave
2003
ISBN10
0304365645
ISBN13
9780304365647
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original burgundy boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
An unusual, vivid coming-of-age story and unforgettable autobiographical portrayal of the last days of the Indian Raj. "Pick up your parrots and monkeys, and fall in facing the boat" was the traditional order given to British soldiers heading home from India. William Pennington overheard the command when he arrived in India at the age of 17 to serve in the horse artillery. His compelling portrayal of army life extends from the 1930s to the Burma campaign in World War II, where Pennington fought the Japanese as an artillery officer-the most dangerous job in the jungle.
An unusual, vivid coming-of-age story and unforgettable autobiographical portrayal of the last days of the Indian Raj. "Pick up your parrots and monkeys, and fall in facing the boat" was the traditional o... (Lees verder)rder given to British soldiers heading home from India. William Pennington overheard the command when he arrived in India at the age of 17 to serve in the horse artillery. His compelling portrayal of army life extends from the 1930s to the Burma campaign in World War II, where Pennington fought the Japanese as an artillery officer-the most dangerous job in the jungle.
Pagina's
414
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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