Books, Bandits and Guns

Name: Books, Bandits and Guns
SKU: 26861959
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One man's war in Somalia

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Tim Moore grew up in Kenya in the early twentieth century, as the son of a bookseller. In his lifetime he saw the change from the Protectorate of the British East Africa to Kenya Colony and then to the independent Republic of Kenya. In 1937 Tim signed up as a clerk at the headquarters of the King's African Rifles; two years later, war broke out. Before long, he found himself policing occupied territories in East Africa, protecting the populace from gangs of armed bandits. After military service Tim joined the Kenya Immigration Department and then became a probation officer, watching the development of Kenya's new probation service from the inside. The book is written in Tim's own words with additional content from his son David and is illustrated with photographs throughout. It gives a first-hand account of operations on a continent sometimes neglected in accounts of the Second World War.

Author Biography:

David Moore was born in Kenya during World War II and was a young witness to some of the events in this book. He was educated in Kenya and attended the Duke of York School on the outskirts of Nairobi. After his education there he left Kenya, and soon afterwards became an Articled Clerk with a firm of Chartered Accountants in London, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He pursued a career in commerce with a variety of companies, finally ending up on the south coast of England at Poole, Dorset. He married his wife Carolyn, to whom he had been introduced by his cousin, (in Northern Ireland) and together had a son and a daughter. Being retired he is now able to devote some time to the Swanage Railway where he is a regular volunteer.

Release date Australia

July 25th, 2017

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Pages

152

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

96 colour and black and white photographs and drawings

Dimensions

156x234x10

ISBN-13

9781911589051

Product ID

26861959

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