Where the Hell Are the Guns?: A Soldier's View of the Anxious Years, 1939-44
by Blackburn, George
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- Paperback
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- Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0771015062
- ISBN 13
- 9780771015069
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Synopsis
George C. Blackburn , M.C., was born in 1917 in a farmhouse near the village of Wales, which disappeared under the waters of the St. Lawrence Seaway. He has been a newspaper reporter, Director of Information of the Federal Labour Department, and Director of Fair Employment Practices. In addition he has been a radio producer, an award-winning documentary scriptwriter, an award-winning playwright, and a lyricist and composer. His musical “A Day to Remember” was housed in a theatre built specially for the purpose in Upper Canada Village. He and Grace, his wife of fifty-seven years, have three children, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. George Blackburn earned his Military Cross helping to save the Twente Canaal bridgehead in Holland. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Southampton Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127319
- Title
- Where the Hell Are the Guns?: A Soldier's View of the Anxious Years, 1939-44
- Author
- Blackburn, George
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0771015062
- ISBN 13
- 9780771015069
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1999
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