Author: Jan William Smith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1922896136
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
A true and moving story of love, war, courage and indomitable spirit… One day the tall, gaunt father came to the house with the new wife and called the puzzled seven-year-old to him. She had never seen him before… ‘I am your father and you will call me Father, and this is your new mother and you will call her Mother,’ he said. Then he went away again, leaving little Bell with confusion in her mind and emptiness in her heart. In Mackie and Jack, the author travels with Mary ‘Bell’ Todd on a journey to remember a lonely childhood, a wartime marriage and what it took for her to succeed as a woman alone in a man’s world of livestock breeding in Australia. Empowered by inner strength and resilience, she confronted her challenges and overcame them. In 1942-1944, Mary’s husband, Squadron Leader Jack Todd faced challenges of another kind. Armed with bombs, depth charges and mines, the Catalinas of 11 and 20 Squadrons, Royal Australian Air Force, took the war directly to the Japanese by reaching out from Cairns in flights across the Pacific. From these squadrons alone, 187 men did not return. Jack Todd piloted the ill-fated mission of Catalina A24.34. Jack’s story is one of courage, leadership and valour in a war against an enemy that showed no mercy. An outstanding account of Australian war history and that of a woman who brushed aside those who stood in her way.
Mackie and Jack
Author: Jan William Smith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1922896136
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
A true and moving story of love, war, courage and indomitable spirit… One day the tall, gaunt father came to the house with the new wife and called the puzzled seven-year-old to him. She had never seen him before… ‘I am your father and you will call me Father, and this is your new mother and you will call her Mother,’ he said. Then he went away again, leaving little Bell with confusion in her mind and emptiness in her heart. In Mackie and Jack, the author travels with Mary ‘Bell’ Todd on a journey to remember a lonely childhood, a wartime marriage and what it took for her to succeed as a woman alone in a man’s world of livestock breeding in Australia. Empowered by inner strength and resilience, she confronted her challenges and overcame them. In 1942-1944, Mary’s husband, Squadron Leader Jack Todd faced challenges of another kind. Armed with bombs, depth charges and mines, the Catalinas of 11 and 20 Squadrons, Royal Australian Air Force, took the war directly to the Japanese by reaching out from Cairns in flights across the Pacific. From these squadrons alone, 187 men did not return. Jack Todd piloted the ill-fated mission of Catalina A24.34. Jack’s story is one of courage, leadership and valour in a war against an enemy that showed no mercy. An outstanding account of Australian war history and that of a woman who brushed aside those who stood in her way.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1922896136
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
A true and moving story of love, war, courage and indomitable spirit… One day the tall, gaunt father came to the house with the new wife and called the puzzled seven-year-old to him. She had never seen him before… ‘I am your father and you will call me Father, and this is your new mother and you will call her Mother,’ he said. Then he went away again, leaving little Bell with confusion in her mind and emptiness in her heart. In Mackie and Jack, the author travels with Mary ‘Bell’ Todd on a journey to remember a lonely childhood, a wartime marriage and what it took for her to succeed as a woman alone in a man’s world of livestock breeding in Australia. Empowered by inner strength and resilience, she confronted her challenges and overcame them. In 1942-1944, Mary’s husband, Squadron Leader Jack Todd faced challenges of another kind. Armed with bombs, depth charges and mines, the Catalinas of 11 and 20 Squadrons, Royal Australian Air Force, took the war directly to the Japanese by reaching out from Cairns in flights across the Pacific. From these squadrons alone, 187 men did not return. Jack Todd piloted the ill-fated mission of Catalina A24.34. Jack’s story is one of courage, leadership and valour in a war against an enemy that showed no mercy. An outstanding account of Australian war history and that of a woman who brushed aside those who stood in her way.
Mackie & Jack
Author: Jan William George Warren Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780958602969
Category : Queensland
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780958602969
Category : Queensland
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The Witching Hour
Author: J. Fallenstein
Publisher: Darby Creek (Tm)
ISBN: 1512427713
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
"He seemed almost perfect. But when a girl finds out about the sinister ritual her crush plans to perform at the local cemetery, she has only hours to stop him"--
Publisher: Darby Creek (Tm)
ISBN: 1512427713
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
"He seemed almost perfect. But when a girl finds out about the sinister ritual her crush plans to perform at the local cemetery, she has only hours to stop him"--
A Tribute to Jack Grant-Mackie
Author: John Augustus (Jack) Grant-Mackie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780473636968
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780473636968
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Surveyor and Engineer
Author: John Bullamore Mackie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789582486648
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
An outstanding story of an amazing man. His excellent memory and careful filing of information over the years has resulted in the production of this autobiography. John Mackie's work in geology and then as an Inspector of Mines in Malaya was followed by his wartime experience. After being captured by the Japanese he spent three terrible years in the infamous Changi and Batu Lintang prison camps. When he returned to New Zealand his main task in the 1950s was teaching land and mine surveying in Otago. This is when he became known affectionately as Captain Jack. It is a measure of the man that at the age of 97 he can produce a book that will appeal to a wide audience.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789582486648
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
An outstanding story of an amazing man. His excellent memory and careful filing of information over the years has resulted in the production of this autobiography. John Mackie's work in geology and then as an Inspector of Mines in Malaya was followed by his wartime experience. After being captured by the Japanese he spent three terrible years in the infamous Changi and Batu Lintang prison camps. When he returned to New Zealand his main task in the 1950s was teaching land and mine surveying in Otago. This is when he became known affectionately as Captain Jack. It is a measure of the man that at the age of 97 he can produce a book that will appeal to a wide audience.
Captain Jack, Surveyor and Engineer
Author: John Bullamore Mackie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780958248662
Category : Mining engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780958248662
Category : Mining engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Manhattan North
Author: John Mackie
Publisher: Onyx
ISBN: 9780451410955
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Victim: A Vicious Harlem Drug Supplier. Suspect: An Upstanding Patron Of The Arts. Nypd: Detective Sergeant Thornton Savage, Manhattan South Homicide. And This Case Is Going To Take Him To Streets Meaner Than Ever Before.
Publisher: Onyx
ISBN: 9780451410955
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Victim: A Vicious Harlem Drug Supplier. Suspect: An Upstanding Patron Of The Arts. Nypd: Detective Sergeant Thornton Savage, Manhattan South Homicide. And This Case Is Going To Take Him To Streets Meaner Than Ever Before.
Mackie and the Free Will Defense
Jet
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
Jet
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.