Going solo /
The children's author recounts his adventures as a young man working in East Africa for the Shell Company, living in the jungle, and later flying a fighter plane in World War II.
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Publisher Address: | London : |
Publication Dates: | 2016. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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The children's author recounts his adventures as a young man working in East Africa for the Shell Company, living in the jungle, and later flying a fighter plane in World War II. |
Item Description: | Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. |
Carrier Form: | 209 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm |
ISBN: | 9780141371412 |
CLC: | K835.615.6-49 |
Call Number: | K835.615.6-49/D131-2 |
Contents: | The voyage out -- Dae es Salaam -- Simba -- The green mamba -- The beginning of the war -- Mdisho of the Mqanumwezi -- Flying training -- Survival -- First encounter with a bandit -- The ammunition ship -- The battle of Athens -- the twentieth of April -- The last day but one -- The Argos fiasco -- Palestine and Syria -- Home. |