A town like Alice

Title
A town like Alice

Author
Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960.

Edition
1st Vintage International ed.

Publication Information
New York : Vintage International, 2010.

Physical Description
350 pages ; 21 cm

General Note
First published serially in two installments in Woman's home companion, N.Y. (Apr. and May 1950). First published in book form as A town like Alice, London: William Heinemann; and as The Legacy, New York: Wm. Morrow, 1950. This "2009 ed." first published in slightly different form in Gr. Britain by Vintage Books. -- T.p. verso.

Subject Term
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
 
Women prisoners of war -- Fiction.
 
Prisoners of war -- Malaysia -- Malaya -- Fiction.
 
Soldiers -- Australia -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Australia -- Fiction.

Added Author
Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 Legacy.

Summary
"A tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback."--Cover, p.4.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Bayport Public LibraryFICTION SHUChecked Out
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)FICTION SHUFiction Collection
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove)FICTION SHUFiction Collection