Author: Robinson, Wayne:
Title: Barbara.
Description: London, Peter Davies, 1963 Hard cover green cloth bds, 'Boots Library' stamp to upper bd, small metal hole stud to top of spine, some creasing to top corner of cloth to rear bd, light brown staining to spine hinges, bk a little skewed, a little age-marking to rear, no dust jacket, brown staining to hinges and edges of front/rear pastedowns and ffep/rep, also to part of leading and top pge edge blocks, no names, inscriptions, contents clean and tight, text in English, pp407. "Barbara was a tank. To Sergeant Barska, who commanded her, and to the rest of her crew, she had a life and personality of her own; she was alive, to them, as ships can often be to sailors. And Barbara survived; from the harbour streets of Portland, in Dorset, where this story opens, through France and Belgium and across the Rhine, Barbara survived to become for the whole of her Battalion the symbol of their ability to endure."

Keywords: Barbara tank war crew military Portland Dorset France Belgium rhine endurance battalion fighting


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