Goodbye Old Chap: A Life at Sea in Peace and War
Nonfiction, History, Modern, 20th Century, Military, World War II, Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | Philip Algar | ISBN: | 9781907219986 |
| Publisher: | Peak Platform | Publication: | May 10, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Peakpublish | Language: | English |
| Author: | Philip Algar |
| ISBN: | 9781907219986 |
| Publisher: | Peak Platform |
| Publication: | May 10, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Peakpublish |
| Language: | English |
Goodbye Old Chap' by Philip Algar is the story of Stanley Algar, (1899 - 1992), a captain on an oil tanker. He led a remarkable life and fortunately kept diaries meticulously, and, whilst a prisoner of war for many years, a war log. His diaries include a graphic and moving account of his liberation and his return to England to his family and a five year old son he had never seen. Philip, his son, a professional writer and author, has used his father's writings judiciously and added much social, economic and political research to provide a background to his father's life and times and fascinating details of a dramatic century that is already fleeing into history.
Goodbye Old Chap' by Philip Algar is the story of Stanley Algar, (1899 - 1992), a captain on an oil tanker. He led a remarkable life and fortunately kept diaries meticulously, and, whilst a prisoner of war for many years, a war log. His diaries include a graphic and moving account of his liberation and his return to England to his family and a five year old son he had never seen. Philip, his son, a professional writer and author, has used his father's writings judiciously and added much social, economic and political research to provide a background to his father's life and times and fascinating details of a dramatic century that is already fleeing into history.
