{"product_id":"me-my-father-and-i-calum-meadows-9781917293020","title":"Me, My Father and I: Normandy to Hamburg: A Tankies story","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn June 1940, my father joined the 9th Battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment; he was 17. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrooper 7952180 hit the Normandy beaches on June 9th 1944 - my mission: to live his war again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plan was simple. On my return from a road trip to France, I would write a book about his exploits, not for grand publication but for anyone in my family who cared. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo retrace his journey through North West Europe, I put myself into his Tankie boots and hoped to combine historical facts with photographs, war diaries and stories from his war years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrapped inside his body, I find myself driving a tank in Normandy and then across the battlefields of NW Europe from Sword Beach to Hamburg. And there is another problem. I must survive like he did to return to my safe, modern-day life, and I can only do this by reliving his war again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDates and places are accurate, and some names have been changed, but my imagination was needed to fill in the gaps. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the writer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am a retired, beer-drinking, Prog rock-loving Munro-bagger who lives on the marshes in North Norfolk. In my sensible business life as an ex-UK and Ireland country leader, I worked 35 years for a global company making detergent. For too long, I harboured the desire to tell a story about a remarkable man who lived unremarkably. COVID allowed this to happen. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Me, My Father And I' is my attempt to write a WW2 book about his adventures in the 44th RTR and a memoir about parts of our life together. With no previous writing experience except business reporting, probably more fiction than fact, this project took me on a journey of discovery I should have completed many years ago!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Calum Meadows\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 191729302X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917293020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Calum Meadows\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d","brand":"Calum Meadows","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46136217600255,"sku":"9781917293020","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0241cca8-45d5-455f-a9af-356b498829de.jpg?v=1726416030","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/me-my-father-and-i-calum-meadows-9781917293020","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}