Walter Tull's scrapbook : star footballer and war hero
Morgan, Michaela2013
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Place reservation for Walter Tull's scrapbook : star footballer and war heroThe grandson of a slave and raised in an orphanage, Walter Tull was one of Tottenham Hotspur's star players and later became the first black officer in the British Army. His bravery and leadership in the First World War won him a recommendation for the Military Cross. He achieved recognition when black football players were virtually unknown and military law stopped non- Europeans from becoming officers.
Main title:
Walter Tull's scrapbook : star footballer and war hero / Michaela Morgan.
Author:
Morgan, Michaela, author
Imprint:
London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2013.
Collation:
29 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 27 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2012.Includes bibliographical references.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781847804914 (pbk)1847804918
Dewey class:
940.4'81'41J940.4814942.08920 TUL940.3940.4942.80940.4814940.481940.48141920
Local class:
940.481JB TUL920
Language:
English
Subject:
Tull, Walter -- Juvenile literatureWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British -- Juvenile literatureSoldiers, Black -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureSoccer players -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureAthletes, Black -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureHistoryNon-Fiction 7+Non-Fiction 7+History
BRN:
678224
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