Ben Wicks (1926–2000)
Autore di No Time to Wave Goodbye
Sull'Autore
Opere di Ben Wicks
When the boys came marching home: True stories of the men who went to war and the women and children who took them back (1991) 12 copie
The Best of Wicks 2 copie
Nessun titolo — Autore — 1 copia
Wicks and Company 1 copia
Naître à la lecture 1 copia
Ben Wick's How to Draw Cartoons 1 copia
Mavis & Bill : yes, again! 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1926
- Data di morte
- 2000
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK (birth)
Canada - Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Attività lavorative
- Cartoonist
Journalist - Relazioni
- Wicks, Doreen (wife)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Order of Canada
Utenti
Recensioni
Born to Read di Ben Wicks
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?… (altro)
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.
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.
A collection of wartime memories by individuals solicited by Ben Wicks.
My contribution is included as the Final Chapter in this book.
My contribution is included as the Final Chapter in this book.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 40
- Utenti
- 412
- Popolarità
- #59,116
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 68
- Lingue
- 1