{"product_id":"books-bandits-and-guns-tim-moore-9781911589051","title":"Books, Bandits and Guns: One Man's War in Somalia","description":"\u003cp\u003eTim 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e This book, written in Tim's own words and illustrated by photographs throughout, gives a first-hand account of operations on a continent sometimes neglected in accounts of the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Moore, David Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911589059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911589051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Choir Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.41d","brand":"Tim Moore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44173181288703,"sku":"9781911589051","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e73392c-df64-4023-b7c4-a538e34e4616.jpg?v=1689791434","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/books-bandits-and-guns-tim-moore-9781911589051","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}