Fleeing Franco : how Wales gave shelter to refugee children from the Basque country during the Spanish Civil War / Hywel Davies ; designed by Chris Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Hywel M., 1956- author.

Contributor:

Bell, Chris, designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basques--Wales--History--20th century.

Basques.

Refugee children--Wales--History--20th century.

Refugee children.

Basque diaspora.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Children.

Spain.

Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, [Wales] : University of Wales Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, four thousand children escaped by ship from Bilbao and were given sanctuary in Britain. The book focuses on the experiences of the exiles who came to Wales where four Homes were established; it includes several first-hand accounts from surviving refugees. In one camp unrest by some of the boys became headline news, but overwhelmingly the children's experiences were of generosity and solidarity from ordinary people, even though Wales was itself suffering from extreme poverty.

Contents:

Foreword; Acknowledgements; An Uncertain Welcome; Brothers of the Blood; A Badge of Honour; The Great and the Good; Out of Harm's Way; Shelter from the Storm; Dastardly Yarns; A Tidal Wave of Giving; 'The Best Part of My Life'; Fault Lines; Don't Sing the Songs of the Past; Not Ours, But Ours to Look After; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 24, 2015).

ISBN:

1-299-20081-8

0-7083-2337-5

OCLC:

769342468