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Zustand: New. Badly wounded at the battle of Arnhem, and then spirited from his hospital bed by the Dutch Resistance, Brigadier John Hackett spent the winter of 1944 in Nazi-occupied Holland, hidden by a Dutch family, at great risk to their own lives, in a house a stone's throw from a German military police billet. Num Pages: 224 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DDN; BGA; HBJD; HBWQ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 254. . 1999. First Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Hard Cover. Zustand: Book good. First Edition. 219 pp.
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In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: Brand New. 223 pages. 5.50x8.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.
cardboard / karton - hardcover. Zustand: good / goed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: good / goed. 2de / 2nd. Book and dust jacket are in good condition. Traces of use / name, written with ballpoint on the fist endpaper / the dust jacket is price clipped / spine discoloured by the sun. 219 pages. 2nd edition / impression - October 1977. Map of Holland (part /middle). English text / engelstalig. Size: A5 formaat.
Hardcover in Dustjacket. Zustand: Near Fine. MILITARY HISTORY GENERAL World War II Arnhem Dutch Resistance Autobiography -'A classic memoir of the Second World War. ' The Economist.Badly wounded at the battle of Arnhem, and then spirited from his hospital bed by the Dutch Resistance, Brigadier John Hackett spent the winter of 1944 in Nazi-occupied Holland, hidden by a Dutch family, at great risk to their own lives, in a house a stone's throw from a German military police billet. After four months in hiding, Hackett was at last well enough to strap a battered suitcase to an ancient bicycle and set out to freedom.General Sir John Hackett was born in Western Australia in 1910 and educated at Geelong Grammar School and New College, Oxford. He was commissioned into the 8th Hussars in 1931, and remained a regular soldier until 1968. During the Second World War he fought in Syria, the Western Desert and Italy, and also at the Battle of Arnhem.First Edition 219 p. : map ; 23 cm. #250425 (price cut from jacket) Hackett, John Winthrop, Sir, 1910- Great Britain. Army. Airborne Division, 1st -- Biography World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands -- Ede World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands Ede (Netherlands) -- History Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.
Zustand: New. Badly wounded at the battle of Arnhem, and then spirited from his hospital bed by the Dutch Resistance, Brigadier John Hackett spent the winter of 1944 in Nazi-occupied Holland, hidden by a Dutch family, at great risk to their own lives, in a house a stone .