The king's rifle:
The story chronicles the Chindits, a band of African soldiers enlisted by the British military and sent to Burma to fight the Japanese. Among them is Farabiti Banana, a 14-year-old Nigerian who becomes a soldier to follow the lead of his friends and hopes the military will make him a man. Once out o...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York, Ny
Amistad
2007
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| Ausgabe: | 1. U.S. ed |
| Zusammenfassung: | The story chronicles the Chindits, a band of African soldiers enlisted by the British military and sent to Burma to fight the Japanese. Among them is Farabiti Banana, a 14-year-old Nigerian who becomes a soldier to follow the lead of his friends and hopes the military will make him a man. Once out of training, life becomes increasingly dangerous for Banana and his eight fellow Chindits, and by the novel's climax, he's become a man, but at a great cost.--From Publisher's Weekly |
| Beschreibung: | "Previously published under the title Burma boy." |
| Beschreibung: | 216 S. |
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