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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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Main Authors: Dahl, Roald
Group Author: Blake, Quentin
Published: Puffin,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Dahl, Roald > Juvenile literature
Dahl, Roald
1900-1999
Novelists, English > 20th century > Biography > Juvenile literature
Novelists, English
Biography
Juvenile works
Summary: 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.

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