The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill (Record no. 4995)
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| fixed length control field | 01571nam a2200181 4500 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 82024972 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780316545037 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 732737599 |
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| Classification number | DA566.9.C5 M26 |
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| Classification number | 941.084 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | William Manchester |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Little, Brown and Company |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 992 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | William Manchester met Winston Churchill on January 24, 1953. Their encounter on the Queen Mary sparked an intense curiosity in Manchester that would eventually result in his classic three-volume magnum opus The Last Lion. In this, the first volume, we follow Churchill from his birth to 1932, when he began to warn against the remilitarization of Germany. Born of a lovely, wanton American mother and a gifted but unstable son of a duke, his childhood was one of wretched neglect. He sought glory on the battlefields of Cuba, Sudan, India, South Africa and the trenches of France. In Parliament he was the prime force behind the creation of Iraq and Jordan, laid the groundwork for the birth of Israel, and negotiated the independence of the Irish Free State. Yet, as Chancellor of the Exchequer he plunged England into economic crisis, and his fruitless attempt to suppress Gandhi's quest for Indian independence brought political chaos to Britain.Throughout, Churchill learned the lessons that would prepare him for the storm to come, and as the 1930's began, he readied himself for the coming battle against Nazism--an evil the world had never before seen. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Biography |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 07/17/2024 | BIO CHURCH | 51732 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |