Mr Bunting Goes to War

George Bunting, businessman, husband and father, lives a quiet life at home in Laburnam Villa in Essex, reading about the progress of the war in his trusty Siren newspaper and heading to work every day at same the warehouse where he has been employed for his entire adult life. Viewed with an air of slight amusement by his three children, Mr Bunting's war eff orts comprise mainly of digging for victory and reluctantly erecting a dugout in the garden. But as the Second World War continues into the summer of 1940, the Batt le of Britain rages in the skies and the bombs begin to reign down on London, this bumbling 'everyman' is forced to confront the true realities of the confl ict. He does so with a remarkable stoicism, imbuing him with a quiet dignity. This reprint of a 1941 classic includes an introduction from IWM putt ing the work in historical context and shedding a light on the wartime experiences of the quiet 'everyman' and his family on the British Home Front: He was not brilliant, nor heroic, but there was one thing he could do - endure. He could stick it out right to the end. It was the one thing he was good at, and it happened to be almost his sole duty.

ISBN:	9781912423507
Publisher:	Imperial War Museum
Imprint:	Imperial War Museums
Published date:	21 Apr 2022
Language:	English
Number of pages:	256
Weight:	212g
Height:	198mm
Width:	128mm
Spine width:	21mm

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