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Keep smiling through : my wartime story

Lynn, Vera2017
Books, Manuscripts
'I was just 27 years old when I went to Burma. It was an experience that changed my life forever. Up until that time I had not really travelled anywhere at all, apart from one touring visit to Holland with a band I was singing with before the war, and I had certainly never been in an aeroplane. But I wanted to make a difference, to do my bit.' And she did. Written with her daughter, Virginia Lewis-Jones, this is a powerful and life-affirming account of the time Dame Vera Lynn spent with troops in wartime Burma. Based in part on a diary she kept, this book shows how her presence helped the soldiers, airmen and others who heard her sing.
Main title:
Keep smiling through : my wartime story / Vera Lynn with Virginia Lewis-Jones.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Century, 2017.
Collation:
286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Maps on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781780898346 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.542591092920.LYNN940.5425B LYN940.542940.5425092920920LYN920.940.542509940.542591
LC class:
D767.6
Local class:
940.542940.5425920.LYN920.FLY940.52
Language:
English
BRN:
2044474
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