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Zero to Hero

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#374877
Titel	Zero to Hero: From a Boys' Home to RAF Hero
Auteur	Bodle Fraes, Peter W.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Fonthill Media Limited
Jaar van uitgave	2014
ISBN10	1781553033
ISBN13	9781781553039
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black cloth, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations (mostly photographs) in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Zero to Hero is unique in that it tells the story of Victor Roe, one of the longest- serving RAF rear gunners with The Pathfinders and in so doing, plots the rise of an 'institutionalised' lad from a Boys' Home to a well-respected bomber aircrew member amongst peers, who were an elite group of top class airmen and who all of whom had a far better start in life than he did. In stories such as this, it is not uncommon to find the words 'humble beginning' describing the start in life that someone had. In Victor's case a humble beginning would have been a huge step up from where he started his short, but astonishingly praiseworthy life. One of nine children born to two impoverished alcoholics-all of whom were removed by the courts from their parent's custody by the age of two-is hardly the start that would be attributed to a hero of the RAF, but that was how Victor started. Victor was always determined that with the advent of war, he would do his bit for his country, no one can deny that he did that and more.
Pagina's	144
Conditie	Nieuw
Prijs	€ 10,00

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