The Last of the Cockleshell Heroes: A World War Two Memoir ~ William Sparks with Michael Munn
London: Leo Cooper‚ 1992‚ Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
*** First Edition ***

CONDITION NOTES

Very Good+ — in Very Good Dust Wrapper.

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Includes: Black & white photographs; Maps (1);

From the cover: “In December‚ 1942‚ one of the most daring and innovative attacks on enemy shipping was launched by twelve commandos in canoes who became legendary as the Cockleshell Heroes. Of the twelve‚ two were unable to pursue their mission when their canoe was damaged on the submarine transporting them to France‚ and two came back alive. Now‚ for the first time‚ one of the two survivors‚ and now the only one living‚ William Sparks‚ DSM‚ tells his own incredible story of the Cockleshell Heroes‚ a personal account of courage‚ danger and survival.

This is not just the story of what was perhaps the most daring raid undertaken by the commandos during the war and…

  • 9½” x 6¼”
  • pp. 152
  • Index.
  • ISBN: 0-8505-2297-8
  • Dustwrapper over Blue boards‚ with Gilt titling to the Spine.
  • Packed Weight: 1.20 Kg.



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