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Ben Wicks (1926–2000)

Autor von No Time to Wave Goodbye

40 Werke 412 Mitglieder 4 Rezensionen

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Beinhaltet die Namen: Wicks Ben, Ben Wicks

Beinhaltet auch: B. WICKS (1)

Werke von Ben Wicks

No Time to Wave Goodbye (1988) 104 Exemplare
The Day They Took the Children (1989) 39 Exemplare
Dawn of the Promised Land (1997) 33 Exemplare
The Book of Losers (1979) 17 Exemplare
Ben Wicks' Etiquette (1981) 11 Exemplare
Dogs (1983) 11 Exemplare
Ben Wicks' Canada (1976) 10 Exemplare

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Wissenswertes

Geburtstag
1926
Todestag
2000
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
UK (birth)
Canada
Geburtsort
London, England, UK
Wohnorte
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Berufe
Cartoonist
Journalist
Beziehungen
Wicks, Doreen (wife)
Preise und Auszeichnungen
Order of Canada

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This is an essay by Ben Wicks encouraging parents to promote reading in their children. (63 sparsely worded pages) It is a solid, enthusiastic essay - a good read, for parents. .It is amusingly illustrated by Wick's himself. But I cannot help noticing that it is like the proverbial 'elephant that labored to produce a mouse'. The well-established cartoonist Wicks involved funding from 13 major companies, refers to 5 major literary institutions, and got Canada Post to distribute the essay. He suggests that the parents of 10,000 kids got a copy. Did this promote reading or Ben Wicks?… (mehr)
 
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brendanus | Apr 6, 2019 |
A depiction of conditions that Wicks' mother experienced in London during the Blitz of WWII told through articles and anecdotes. Not as memorable as No time to wave goodbye but nevertheless a good portrayal of political and personal circumstances of the time.
 
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VivienneR | 1 weitere Rezension | Oct 21, 2013 |
I thought (from the title, the dust jacket, and the first chapter) that this book would be a biography or memoir about Ben Wicks's mother Nell. However, it turned out to be a history of aerial warfare during the Second World War strung together with anecdotes from a lot of different people from different parts of England, not even neighbours of Nell's. This wasn't the book I wanted to read. It lacked the personal immediacy and continuity I had hoped for.
 
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muumi | 1 weitere Rezension | Dec 19, 2011 |
A collection of wartime memories by individuals solicited by Ben Wicks.
My contribution is included as the Final Chapter in this book.
 
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YvonneG | Jan 5, 2009 |

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Werke
40
Mitglieder
412
Beliebtheit
#59,116
Bewertung
½ 3.6
Rezensionen
4
ISBNs
68
Sprachen
1

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