The Resource The obit man, Fred Langan
The obit man, Fred Langan
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- Summary
- "In 1944, sixty French-speaking Canadians were sent to occupied France as part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Their tasks included training resistance fighters, sabotaging German transport trains, and assassinating Nazi officers. Of the sixty who parachuted into occupied France, only fifteen survived. The Obit Man is the story of one of those men." - back cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 241 pages
- Note
- "This is Second World War stuff that has stayed secret, and now raises issues as topical as the conflicts of today. A wonderfully original story...this book, thinly disguised as fiction, sets forth hard questions about real war crimes, with a surprise twist at the end." - William Stevenson (back cover)
- Isbn
- 9780889628298
- Label
- The obit man
- Title
- The obit man
- Statement of responsibility
- Fred Langan
- Subject
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- trueFrance
- trueHeroes and heroines
- trueJournalists
- trueLondon, England
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMiddle-aged men
- trueObituaries
- trueObituary writers
- truePrisoners of war, Canadian
- trueCanadians in England
- trueSoldiers
- Subversive activities -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
- trueTruth
- War crimes -- Fiction
- trueWorld War II -- Prisoners and prisons
- trueWorld War II veterans
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Fiction
- Sabotage -- Fiction
- trueEngland
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In 1944, sixty French-speaking Canadians were sent to occupied France as part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Their tasks included training resistance fighters, sabotaging German transport trains, and assassinating Nazi officers. Of the sixty who parachuted into occupied France, only fifteen survived. The Obit Man is the story of one of those men." - back cover
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 137318
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Langan, Fred
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- War crimes
- Subversive activities
- Sabotage
- Label
- The obit man, Fred Langan
- Note
- "This is Second World War stuff that has stayed secret, and now raises issues as topical as the conflicts of today. A wonderfully original story...this book, thinly disguised as fiction, sets forth hard questions about real war crimes, with a surprise twist at the end." - William Stevenson (back cover)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 241 pages
- Isbn
- 9780889628298
- Isbn Type
- (softcov.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- ADVENTURE
- System control number
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- ocm55474920
- OCoLC
- Label
- The obit man, Fred Langan
- Note
- "This is Second World War stuff that has stayed secret, and now raises issues as topical as the conflicts of today. A wonderfully original story...this book, thinly disguised as fiction, sets forth hard questions about real war crimes, with a surprise twist at the end." - William Stevenson (back cover)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 241 pages
- Isbn
- 9780889628298
- Isbn Type
- (softcov.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- ADVENTURE
- System control number
-
- ocm55474920
- OCoLC
Subject
- trueFrance
- trueHeroes and heroines
- trueJournalists
- trueLondon, England
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMiddle-aged men
- trueObituaries
- trueObituary writers
- truePrisoners of war, Canadian
- trueCanadians in England
- trueSoldiers
- Subversive activities -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
- trueTruth
- War crimes -- Fiction
- trueWorld War II -- Prisoners and prisons
- trueWorld War II veterans
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Fiction
- Sabotage -- Fiction
- trueEngland
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