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Anton Rippon

How Britain Kept Calm and Carried On

True stories from the Home Front

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 24/09/2015

ISBN: 9781782434702

Subject: Non-Fiction

Binding: Paperback

Size: Other

Extent: 224 pages

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

Edition Status: Out of Print

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Summary:

This unique, funny and sometimes heartbreakingly sad book contains a treasury of first-hand stories from people all over the country. From unexploded bombs to blackouts and from the Home Guard to the Blitz, their stories reveal some of the strange, incredible and downright funny things that ‘kept us calm and carrying on’ in the otherwise dark days of the Second World War.

Reviews:

A fascinating account of what it means to suffer through a war... beautifully put together and is a terrific tribute to all those who kept calm and carried on

The Bookbag

Stories here from all walks of life... their undiluted first-person stories stand testament to the events of the Second World War

Britain at War

Another outstanding piece of social history... at once sentimental, funny, and also sad, an account of how, with minimum amount of fuss while everything around them was in chaos, a generation somehow managed to overcome huge adversity

Sports Journalists' Association

A collection of real life stories from the Home Front

Tribune

Entertaining anecdotes from life on the Home Front

Evergreen magazine

Recounts the memories of real people living through extraordinary times

Derby Telegraph

A fascinating tribute to a generation's dogged determination and bulldog spirit

Lancaster Guardian

Sales points:

  • A fascinating compilation of genuine wartime stories that offer an insight into the everyday lives of the ordinary people who lived through an extraordinary time

  • With humour, pathos and the power of camaraderie, these stories are vividly recalled by the men, women and children who experienced the Second World War on the Home Front

  • A fitting tribute to those who did keep calm and carry on

  • Compiled by the author over several decades and with introductory notes to set the scene, How Britain Kept Calm and Carried On reveals both the humorous side and the trials of this unique period in British history