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Where the Hell Are the Guns? A Soldier's View of the Anxious Years, 1939-44
by Blackburn, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0771015046
- ISBN 13
- 9780771015045
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771015046 . DJ and boards show shelf wear, DJ heavily creased lower spine remainder mark on bottom page edges. light soil on page fore edges ; A tight solid book. Map endpapers ; B&W Photographs; 9.2 X 6.1 X 1.7 inches; 439 pages; "In Where the Hell Are the Guns?, author George Blackburn returns to the early years of the Second World War. This volume – which completes Blackburn’s award-winning trilogy, extending its coverage to the entire war – brings wartime Canada and England to life in captivating, often comic, detail. With the skill of a novelist and the instincts of a seasoned reporter, this gifted storyteller traces the evolution of Canada’s 4th Field Regiment from a motley assortment of ill-equipped recruits to the cream of the Allied artillery, more than ready to distinguish itself in the maelstrom of the battle for Normandy." .
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- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19298
- Title
- Where the Hell Are the Guns? A Soldier's View of the Anxious Years, 1939-44
- Author
- Blackburn, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0771015046
- ISBN 13
- 9780771015045
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- 0771015046, artillery, Canada, Wwii
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Ainsworth Books
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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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