Keep smiling through : my wartime story / Vera Lynn ; with Virginia Lewis-Jones.
"In the year of her 100th birthday, Dame Vera Lynn's fascinating and life-affirming wartime memoir from the forces' sweetheart of her adventures entertaining the troops in far-flung Burma. 'I was just twenty-seven years old when I went to Burma. It was an experience that changed my life for ever. 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 she spent with troops in wartime Burma. Based, in part on a diary she kept, alongside unpublished personal letters and photographs from surviving veterans and their families, it explores why it was such a life-defining event for her and shows how her presence helped the soldiers, airmen and others who heard her sing."--Publisher's description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781780898346 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), map ; 24 cm
- Publisher: London : Century, 2017.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Map on endpapers. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Subject: | Lynn, Vera. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Burma > Personal narratives, British. Women singers > Great Britain > Biography. Singers > Great Britain > Biography. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Stroud Branch | 940.542591092 Lynn | 31681010107472 | NONFIC | Available | - |