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02654nam a2200265 i 4500 |
| 001 - Número de Control |
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032457 |
| 005 - Fecha de Ultima Modificación |
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20231009192605.0 |
| 008 - Elementos de Fongitud Fija--Información General |
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161117s20162016nyua b 001 0deng d |
| 020 ## - ISBN |
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| ISBN |
9780385535731 |
| 050 00 - Número de Clasificación de la Biblioteca del Congreso de (USA-LC) |
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| No. de Clasificación |
DA566.9.C5 |
| No. del ítem |
M54 2016 |
| 082 1# - Número de Clasificación Decimal Dewey |
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| No. de Clasificación |
968.0483 MIL |
| No. de la Edición |
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| 100 1# - Entrada Principal - Nombre Personal |
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| Nombre Personal |
Millard, Candice |
| 245 10 - TÍTULO |
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| Título del material |
Hero of the empire : |
| Resto del Título |
the Boer War, a daring escape and the making of Winston Churchill |
| Mención de responsabilidad |
/ Candice Millard. |
| 250 ## - Mención de Edición |
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| Mención de Edición |
First edition. |
| 260 ## - Publicación, Distribución, etc. (Pie de Imprenta) |
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| Lugar de Publicación, Distribución, etc. |
New York |
| Nombre de la editorial, distribuidor, etc. |
: Doubleday |
| Fecha de Publicación, Distribución, etc. |
, 2016 |
| 300 ## - Descripción Física |
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| Extensión |
381 p. |
| Otros detalles físicos |
: illus. |
| Dimensiones |
; 25 cm |
| 504 ## - Nota de Bibliografía, etc. |
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| Nota de Bibliografía, etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-363) and index. |
| 520 ## - Resumen, etc. |
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| Nota de resumen, etc. |
At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill was utterly convinced it was his destiny to become prime minister of England one day, despite the fact he had just lost his first election campaign for Parliament. He believed that to achieve his goal he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. Despite deliberately putting himself in extreme danger as a British Army officer in colonial wars in India and Sudan, and as a journalist covering a Cuban uprising against the Spanish, glory and fame had eluded him. Churchill arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of vintage wine in tow, there to cover the brutal colonial war the British were fighting with Boer rebels. But just two weeks after his arrival, the soldiers he was accompanying on an armored train were ambushed, and Churchill was taken prisoner. Remarkably, he pulled off a daring escape--but then had to traverse hundreds of miles of enemy territory, alone, with nothing but a crumpled wad of cash, four slabs of chocolate, and his wits to guide him. The story of his escape is incredible enough, but then Churchill enlisted, returned to South Africa, fought in several battles, and ultimately liberated the men with whom he had been imprisoned. Churchill would later remark that this period, "could I have seen my future, was to lay the foundations of my later life." Millard spins an epic story of bravery, savagery, and chance encounters with a cast of historical characters--including Rudyard Kipling, Lord Kitchener, and Mohandas Gandhi--with whom he would later share the world stage. But Hero of the Empire is more than an adventure story, for the lessons Churchill took from the Boer War would profoundly affect 20th century history. |
| 546 ## - Nota de Idioma |
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| Nota de idioma |
English. |
| 600 14 - Entradas Secundarias - Nombre personal |
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| Nombre Personal |
Churchill, Winston, Sir |
| Fechas asociadas con el nombre |
(, 1874-1965) |
| Subdivisión general |
-Military leadership |
| 650 #4 - Entradas Secundarias - Términos temáticos |
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| Tópico o nombre Geográfico |
South African War, 1899-1902 |
| Subdivisión de forma |
-- Participation, British. |
| 650 #4 - Entradas Secundarias - Términos temáticos |
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| Tópico o nombre Geográfico |
South African War, 1899-1902 |
| Subdivisión de forma |
--Prisoners and prisons, British. |
| 942 ## - TIPO DE MATERIAL |
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| Tipo de Material |
Libro - Monografía |
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