{"product_id":"the-everlasting-valour-wendy-evelyn-viner-townsend-9781789554571","title":"The Everlasting Valour","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor Jack, innocent childhood days from 1895 were spent playing amongst the wildflower meadows of Woolwich, and sculling a boat on the Thames. Little Jack just aged 13 then ran away to sea, becoming the 'little cabin boy', very hard times ensued and so Jack's Childhood was Over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen War 'loomed large' just before 1914, he signed up with the Royal Navy, serving on a Mine Sweeping Gunboat in the North Sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack at Chatham he was assigned to 1\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e Class Battleship H.M.S. Cornwallis, where all the lads enjoyed hot water and bathrooms!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen at the Dardanelles after heavy losses, incessant bombing and battles my Dad Jack says there was a few weeks of 'stalemate' and, \"chaps were so browned off\" he had an \"idea to cheer them up\", to set up a 'jazz band'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstruments duly delivered and the young seamen played, and sang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wendy Evelyn Viner Townsend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789554578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789554571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Generation Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.44d","brand":"Wendy Evelyn Viner Townsend","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48437049983231,"sku":"9781789554571","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a36c573-cf4b-4b41-a19b-ac54a9e7b700.jpg?v=1777159526","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-everlasting-valour-wendy-evelyn-viner-townsend-9781789554571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}