The Reluctant Tommy An Extraordinary Memoir of the First World War
by Skirth, Ronald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 023074673X
- ISBN 13
- 9780230746732
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: MacMillan. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2010. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 023074673X . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, with small corner bump on top front board, 1" closed tear bottom edge back of DJ. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W illustrations; 8.5 X 5.6 X 1.5 inches; 354 pages; "In the First World War, Ronald Skirth was an ordinary tommy. His experiences were like those of many others, save in one thing. When Skirth went out into No Man's Land after Passchendaele and saw the dead body of a teenaged German soldier, he resolved that he would never again help to take a human life. Making use of Ronald Skirth's letters and postcards to his sweetheart, Ella, his contemporary journals and the memoir he wrote in his retirement fifty years later, The Reluctant Tommy is the fascinating story of a man who stuck by his principles in impossible circumstances. With a foreword from Jon Snow, it is an new classic of the war memoir genre; the tale of an ordinary soldier with a truly remarkable story. " .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20420
- Title
- The Reluctant Tommy An Extraordinary Memoir of the First World War
- Author
- Skirth, Ronald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 023074673X
- ISBN 13
- 9780230746732
- Publisher
- MacMillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- 023074673X, WWI, Tommy, Great Britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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