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  • Author:agent Rodney Hall http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/hall-rodney
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Popeye Never Told You : Childhood Memories of the War
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'In this memoir of his childhood in England during the Second World War, author Rodney Hall uses a little boy's point of view to tell the story of a time that changed the world. A time that not only changed the world, but one that would put into train events that were to shape Rodney's life. This is a rare and touching memoir. The voice of the young Rodney, the innocence with which he surveys the world and his impressions of what is going on around him, the wonderful character of his mother, her bravery and stoicism, and the many charming and lovely stories - all these combine to make this an extraordinary book that readers will fall in love with.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Dedication: for Michael and Diana
  • Epigraph:

    The shop door opens and the little bell jingles, but Mum tells me not to touch that white woolly thing folded on the shelf,

    not to touch anything,

    a woman reaches up to open my bedroom curtains and shes got a big white X on her back, i watch her and i know her and when i am five i shall know everything.

    (Original spelling reproduce here.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Pier 9 , 2010 .
      Extent: 277p.
      ISBN: 9781741967593 (hbk.)

Works about this Work

Untitled Barbara Cullen , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , May/June vol. 89 no. 8 2010; (p. 34)

— Review of Popeye Never Told You : Childhood Memories of the War Rodney Hall , 2010 single work autobiography
Days of Boys and Bombers Nicola Walker , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 May 2010; (p. 35) The Age , 12 June 2010; (p. 29)

— Review of Popeye Never Told You : Childhood Memories of the War Rodney Hall , 2010 single work autobiography
Looking-Glass War Craig Munro , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 321 2010; (p. 20-21)

— Review of Popeye Never Told You : Childhood Memories of the War Rodney Hall , 2010 single work autobiography
Boy's Own Story a Virtuoso Performance Agnes Nieuwenhuizen , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , May vol. 5 no. 4 2010; (p. 17)

— Review of Popeye Never Told You : Childhood Memories of the War Rodney Hall , 2010 single work autobiography
Untitled Katharine England , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 May 2010; (p. 25)

— Review of Popeye Never Told You : Childhood Memories of the War Rodney Hall , 2010 single work autobiography
A Memoir at War with Itself Richard King , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 17-18 April 2010; (p. 22-23)

— Review of Popeye Never Told You : Childhood Memories of the War Rodney Hall , 2010 single work autobiography
Son's Search for Meaning in Loss Felicity Plunkett , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 May 2010; (p. 13)

— Review of Popeye Never Told You : Childhood Memories of the War Rodney Hall , 2010 single work autobiography
Untitled Katharine England , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 May 2010; (p. 25)

— Review of Popeye Never Told You : Childhood Memories of the War Rodney Hall , 2010 single work autobiography
Boy's Own Story a Virtuoso Performance Agnes Nieuwenhuizen , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , May vol. 5 no. 4 2010; (p. 17)

— Review of Popeye Never Told You : Childhood Memories of the War Rodney Hall , 2010 single work autobiography
Looking-Glass War Craig Munro , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 321 2010; (p. 20-21)

— Review of Popeye Never Told You : Childhood Memories of the War Rodney Hall , 2010 single work autobiography
Last amended 6 Sep 2010 13:52:45
Subjects:
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    England,
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    c
    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
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