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1) War game
Author
Publisher
Arcade
Pub. Date
1994.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
68 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A British lad experiences trench warfare in World War I. On Christmas there is a break in the fighting and the Germans and British play soccer against each other. When fighting resumes the British lad dies in a shell hole along with a German.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
115 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in dual flashbacks, this novel relates the stories of both Trevor Roberts, a British journalist-in-training, and Henry Friston, a World War I Royal Navy sailor. Assigned in the 1950s to cover the annual hibernation awakening of Ali Pasha, a giant tortoise and local celebrity owned by Henry, Trevor meets and connects with Henry who then shares his wartime photos, memorabilia, and diary as well as reminiscences of harrowing battles with Turkish...
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