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Author Dahl, Roald.

Title Going solo / Roald Dahl.

Publication Info. New York : Puffin Books, 2009.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1575642~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Biography  BIO DAHL    AVAILABLE
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Description 209 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 20 cm
Note Reprint. Originally published: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1986.
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.
Summary Roald Dahl recounts his adventures working in East Africa for the Shell Company, living in the jungle and later flying a fighter plane in World War II.
Subject Dahl, Roald.
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British.
ISBN 9780142413838 (pbk.)
0142413836 (pbk.)
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