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Author Wainman, Alec, 1913-1989, author, photographer.

Title Live souls : citizens and volunteers of civil war Spain / Serge Alternês & Alec Wainman
Published Vancouver, British Columbia : Ronsdale Press, 2015
Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (303 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Preface; Historical Outline of the Spanish Civil War; Alec's Story; CHAPTER 1 Why Defend Liberty?; CHAPTER 2 Travelling by Air, Foot and Train; CHAPTER 3 The Siege of Madrid; CHAPTER 4 A Safe Haven for Both Camps; CHAPTER 5 May Uprising, Barcelona; CHAPTER 6 Air Raids, Valencia; CHAPTER 7 Exiles: Citizens and Volunteers; Alec's Photographs; Afterword; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
Summary "The book is a collection of photos and a memoir by Alec Wainman when he was a volunteer in Civil War Spain with the British Medical Unit (BMU). The memoir gives a detailed account of the war, and the photos show both the volunteers at work and the Republican people who participated or were simply there as witnesses. Serge Alternês has supplied an introduction, a timeline of the war, an afterword, and captions for the photos."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-298) and index
Subject Wainman, Alec, 1913-1989.
Wainman, Alec, 1913-1989
Spain. Ejército Popular de la República -- History
Spain. Ejército Popular de la República
HISTORY -- Europe -- Spain & Portugal.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Alternês, Serge, 1961- writer of supplementary textual content.
ISBN 9781553804390
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9781553804383
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