Age 14 : an Irish boy soldier
Spillebeen, Geert2010
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It is 1913 and 12-year-old Patrick Condon wants to escape his unexciting life in Ireland. So he hatches a plan. Not wanting to wait until he is old enough to join the army, Patrick lies and says he is 17-years-old and that his name is John Condon. Assuming the identity of his older brother, Patrick enlists.
Main title:
Age 14 : an Irish boy soldier / by Geert Spillebeen ; translated by Terese Edelstein.
Imprint:
Cork : Collins, 2010.
Collation:
220 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2009.Translated from the Dutch.
ISBN:
9781848890565 (pbk)1848890567
Language:
EnglishDutch
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BRN:
1390536