Over the ocean : a wartime story of exile and enduring love / Erica Fischer ; translated by Andrew Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fischer, Erica, author.

Contributor:

Brown, Andrew, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fischer, Erich, 1933-.

Fischer, Erich.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Nova, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In July 1940, Erich Fischer found himself in Liverpool being herded onto a British transport ship bound for Australia, along with 2,500 other men. Conditions on board were horrific, with men locked below decks with overflowing latrines and only seawater to clean themselves. Separated from family, friends and removed from any semblance of a normal life, Erich is unsure whether he will ever see wife and child again. Erica Fischer's The King's Children tells the extraordinary story of her own parents and at the same time sheds light on a little-know

Contents:

Cover; TITLE PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN; CHAPTER NINETEEN; CHAPTER TWENTY; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE; CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE; CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX; CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN; CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT; CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE; AUTHOR'S NOTES; TRANSLATOR'S NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

COPYRIGHT

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed August 13, 2014).

ISBN:

1-78094-310-5

1-78094-308-3