Snow Goose by Paul Gallico

Snow Goose by Paul Gallico

The moving wartime story of friendship and heroism, set against the dramatic backdrop of the World War I Battle of Dunkirk

In the marshes of Essex, one of the last wild places left in England, a disfigured artist lives alone in an abandoned lighthouse. Shunned by society, he spends his days painting scenes of the coast and the birds that migrate to the meadowlands every winter. His days are solitary until one November afternoon, a young girl from a nearby village comes to his door carrying a wounded snow goose in her arms. The unlikely pair develop a friendship that deepens over the ensuing years, waiting together for the arrival of the birds every autumn.

In 1940, with England at war, the birds depart early from the shores. The man, too, is called away by his duty as an Englishman to help evacuate the soldiers stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk. A moving tale of love, war, bravery, and sacrifice.

Paul Gallico (1897-1976) was a well-known sports columnist, scriptwriter, and author of both adult and children's novels. He was born in New York City to an Italian immigrant musician father and a singer mother, and he supported himself at Columbia University by teaching children and working as a longshoreman. He began his career as a reporter for the New York Daily News, where he quickly became known for his encounters with notable athletes of the time. He switched to fiction after publishing the essay Goodbye to Sport in 1937 and pieces in Cosmopolitan, The Saturday Evening Post, and The New Yorker. The novella The Snow Goose (1941) is one of his forty-one books, as is Manxmouse (1968), which is frequently quoted by J.K. Rowling.

Mrs. Rowling as a favorite author); Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1958) and its four sequels; and The Poseidon Adventure (1969), which served as the inspiration for the massively popular 1972 blockbuster. Gallico spent most of his life abroad of the United States, primarily in England, Antibes, and Monaco, from 1950 till his death.

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ISBN 13	9780394445939
ISBN 10	0394445937
Title	Snow Goose
Author	Paul Gallico
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1941-06-27
Number of pages	64
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