Dahl, Roald

Going solo / Roald Dahl ; illustrated by Quentin Blake. - USA : Puffin Books, c2016. - 209 pages, [19 unnumbered] : illustrations ; 20 cm. - Ronald Dahl Collection ; 10 .

In dust jacket. Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1986.

The voyage out -- Dar es salaam -- Simba -- The green mamba -- The beginning of the war -- Mdisho of the Mwanumwezi -- Flying training -- Survival -- First encounter with a bandit -- The ammunition ship -- The battle of athens-the twentieth of april -- The last day but one -- The Argos Fiasco -- Palestine and Syria -- Home.

The children's author recounts his adventures as a young man working in East Africa for the Shell Company, living in the jungle, and later flying a fighter plane in World War II.

Children


English

9780141371412 [paperback] £7.95

87149794


Dahl, Roald.


Authors, English--20th century--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British.


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