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Ben Wicks (1926–2000)

Autor de No Time to Wave Goodbye

40 Obras 410 Miembros 4 Reseñas

Sobre El Autor

Incluye los nombres: Wicks Ben, Ben Wicks

También incluye: B. WICKS (1)

Obras de Ben Wicks

No Time to Wave Goodbye (1988) 103 copias
Dawn of the Promised Land (1997) 33 copias
The Book of Losers (1979) 16 copias
Ben Wicks' Etiquette (1981) 11 copias
Dogs (1983) 11 copias
Ben Wicks' Canada (1976) 10 copias

Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
1926
Fecha de fallecimiento
2000
Género
male
Nacionalidad
UK (birth)
Canada
Lugar de nacimiento
London, England, UK
Lugares de residencia
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ocupaciones
Cartoonist
Journalist
Relaciones
Wicks, Doreen (wife)
Premios y honores
Order of Canada

Miembros

Reseñas

This is an essay by Ben Wicks encouraging parents to promote reading in their children. (63 sparsely worded pages) It is a solid, enthusiastic essay - a good read, for parents. .It is amusingly illustrated by Wick's himself. But I cannot help noticing that it is like the proverbial 'elephant that labored to produce a mouse'. The well-established cartoonist Wicks involved funding from 13 major companies, refers to 5 major literary institutions, and got Canada Post to distribute the essay. He suggests that the parents of 10,000 kids got a copy. Did this promote reading or Ben Wicks?… (más)
 
Denunciada
brendanus | Apr 6, 2019 |
A depiction of conditions that Wicks' mother experienced in London during the Blitz of WWII told through articles and anecdotes. Not as memorable as No time to wave goodbye but nevertheless a good portrayal of political and personal circumstances of the time.
 
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VivienneR | otra reseña | Oct 21, 2013 |
I thought (from the title, the dust jacket, and the first chapter) that this book would be a biography or memoir about Ben Wicks's mother Nell. However, it turned out to be a history of aerial warfare during the Second World War strung together with anecdotes from a lot of different people from different parts of England, not even neighbours of Nell's. This wasn't the book I wanted to read. It lacked the personal immediacy and continuity I had hoped for.
 
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muumi | otra reseña | Dec 19, 2011 |
A collection of wartime memories by individuals solicited by Ben Wicks.
My contribution is included as the Final Chapter in this book.
 
Denunciada
YvonneG | Jan 5, 2009 |

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Obras
40
Miembros
410
Popularidad
#59,368
Valoración
½ 3.6
Reseñas
4
ISBNs
68
Idiomas
1

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