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1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 54 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Mary Sarah. |
| Summary |
The Extraordinary Story of a Young Winston Churchill in the Boer War, as Told by His Granddaughter In this lively biography of a dashing, brash twenty-five-year-old Churchill, Celia Sandys chronicles her celebrated grandfather's adventures as a correspondent and combatant during nine months of the Anglo-Boer War-events that took him from the bivouacs and battle sites of Transvaal to his incarceration as a prisoner of war in Pretoria and ultimately to a bold escape across the border into Mozambique. Using both British and South African sources of testimony, which reveal the dauntless Winston alternately as a courageous ally or foolhardy foe, Sandys recounts the exploits of a Churchill that history has largely forgotten. With historical authority, narrative vigor, and singular charm, she offers both a fully drawn portrait of the ready adventurer who would become England's legendary prime minister and an illuminating account of the turbulent events that defined South Africa for modern times. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 -- Exhibitions.
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Churchill Museum -- Exhibitions.
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Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Exhibitions.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Sarah, Mary.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781666129090 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1666129097 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14125274 |
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