| America Lost and Found: An English Boy's Wartime Adventure in the New World Contributor(s): Bailey, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226034550 ISBN-13: 9780226034553 Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 2000 Annotation: In 1940 seven-year-old Tony Bailey was evacuated to the United States--one of more than 16,000 children sent overseas at a time when a Nazi invasion of England seemed inevitable. He spent four years with the wealthy Spaeth family in Dayton, Ohio, before returning to his parents in Southampton. Evocative, heartfelt, and charming, this is a story of a double childhood--of a boy who became American while never ceasing to be British. "An original, sensitively told story in which the perspectives of the child are carefully remembered. . . . Bailey's book speaks, with gentle eloquence, not only to those who remember being boys, but to everyone who would seek to protect children from the hurts and ravagings that ordinary life can inflict, to say nothing of war." --Richard Montague, "Newsday" "No doubt Tony Bailey owed America something for its hospitality during those anxious years, and with this book he has amply repaid the debt." --Joseph McLellan, "Washington Post" "An exquisitely controlled, quietly amusing and moving story." --"Publishers Weekly" "As tender as it is truthful, and as amusing as it is unpretentious." --John Russell, "New York Times Book Review" |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 99057692 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.58" W x 8.5" L (0.50 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 1940's - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Locality - Dayton-Springfield, Ohio - Cultural Region - Midwest - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Features: Illustrated |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1940 seven-year-old Tony Bailey was evacuated to the United States--one of more than 16,000 children sent overseas at a time when a Nazi invasion of England seemed inevitable. He spent four years with the wealthy Spaeth family in Dayton, Ohio, before returning to his parents in Southampton. Evocative, heartfelt, and charming, this is a story of a double childhood--of a boy who became American while never ceasing to be British. An original, sensitively told story in which the perspectives of the child are carefully remembered. . . . Bailey's book speaks, with gentle eloquence, not only to those who remember being boys, but to everyone who would seek to protect children from the hurts and ravagings that ordinary life can inflict, to say nothing of war. --Richard Montague, Newsday No doubt Tony Bailey owed America something for its hospitality during those anxious years, and with this book he has amply repaid the debt. --Joseph McLellan, Washington Post An exquisitely controlled, quietly amusing and moving story. --Publishers Weekly As tender as it is truthful, and as amusing as it is unpretentious. --John Russell, New York Times Book Review |
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