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Autore |
Keefer Ralph <1952-> |
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Grounded in Eire : the story of two RAF fliers interned in Ireland during World War II / / Ralph Keefer |
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Montreal ; ; Ithaca, [N.Y.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-85675-8 |
9786612856754 |
0-7735-6446-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xi, 263 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; ; 24 cm |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, Irish |
Prisoners of war - Ireland |
Prisoners of war - Canada |
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Prisonniers et prisons des Irlandais |
Prisonniers de guerre - Irlande |
Prisonniers de guerre - Canada |
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Author's Note -- The Trip Over -- Slainte, and Welcome to County Clare -- The Officers' Bar -- Life on the Curragh -- Celebrating Pearl Harbor -- That Let-Down Feeling -- Waiting for Tipperary -- A Handy Corkscrew -- The New Plan -- Bus A, Please! -- Epilogue |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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After an unusual interrogation at the hands of the Local Defence Force in County Clare, Keefer and Calder were transferred to a makeshift prison camp in County Kildare B right next to a similar camp for German prisoners. There they found themselves subject to a surreal honour system that allowed them daily parole away from their internment camp, free to golf or cycle across the broad plains of the Curragh without any supervision. This system forbid escape attempts when they were on parole but bound them, as RAF officers, to attempt to escape upon their return to camp. A colourful and often amusing record of events, Grounded in Eire offers insight into this little-known |
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aspect of the war and provides a testament to courage, friendship, and perseverance in the face of unusual obstacles. |
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