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We Have a Library in Mind: An Extraordinary Survival Exercise in a Second World War Japanese Camp

We Have a Library in Mind: An Extraordinary Survival Exercise in a Second World War Japanese Camp - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:L. C. AlexanderPublish date:3/15/2025Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Amberley PublishingISBN-13:9781398117877ISBN-10:1398117870UPC:9781398117877Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:World War IISize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.5807Product ID:SCZS2MNTJ8

We Have a Library in Mind: An Extraordinary Survival Exercise in a Second World War Japanese Camp

The Imperial War Museum archived Anthony Smelt's personal papers because he spent three years of the Second World War interned in Batu Lintang, a camp in Borneo. He had been working as a civil servant in British North Borneo until the Japanese invaded at the beginning of 1942. In those years of captivity, he was an active member of the camp, documenting the diet of his fellow internees and...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Amberley PublishingISBN-13:9781398117877ISBN-10:1398117870UPC:9781398117877Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:World War IISize:9.30 x 6.10 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.5807Product ID:SCZS2MNTJ8
Lucy Alexander is the granddaughter of Anthony Smelt OBE, whose papers held at the Imperial War Museum revealed this extraordinary story.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing

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L. C. Alexander

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