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001 2014011535
003 DLC
005 20150413184415.0
008 140428s2014 nyuaf 000 0deng
010 $a 2014011535
020 $a9781628737295 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
020 $z9781629140810 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aD760.S57$bE45 2014
082 00 $a940.54/1241092$aB$223
100 1 $aEllis, Ray,$d1920-
245 10 $aOnce a Hussar :$ba memoir of battle, capture and escape in the Second World War /$cRay Ellis.
250 $aFirst North American edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bSkyhorse Publishing,$c2014.
300 $a228 pages, 8 pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"Once a Hussar is a vivid account of the wartime experiences of Ray Ellis, a gunner who in later life recorded this well-written, candid, and perceptive memoir of the conflict he knew as a young man seventy years ago. As an impressionable teenager, filled with national pride, he was eager to join the army and fight for his country. He enlisted in the South Notts Hussars at the beginning of the Second World War and started a journey that would take him through fierce fighting in the Western Desert, the deprivation suffered in an Italian prisoner-of-war camp and a daring escape to join the partisan forces in the Apennines. His story is an honest and moving memoir that relays graphic eyewitness accounts of the horrors of warfare, but it also reveals the surprising triumphs of the human spirit in times of great hardship. Ellis's self-deprecating humor skillfully counters the harsh realities related in a personal recollection of a war that claimed so many young lives. Featuring twenty-six rare photographs from Ellis's life and experiences, Once a Hussar is a compelling and deftly told account of one soldier's life in the Second World War"--Provided by publisher.
505 0 $aIn the beginning -- In sunny Palestine -- Mersa Matruh : a first taste of war -- In action near Sidi Barani -- Gennia -- Suez -- Tobruk : the first battle -- Life during the Siege of Tobruk -- The break-out from Tobruk -- In the Nile Delta -- The Battle of Knightsbridge -- First days as a prisoner of war -- A nightmare journey -- The winter at camp -- A bid for freedom -- Running free -- Massa Fermana -- A journey to the mountains -- One of the family -- Repatriation.
600 10 $aEllis, Ray,$d1920-
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bArmy.$bSouth Notts Hussars.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, British.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zAfrica, North.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPrisoners and prisons, Italian.
650 0 $aPrisoner-of-war escapes$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aGuerrillas$zItaly$zApennines$vBiography.