Blind to misfortune : a story of great courage in the face of adversity

Author(s)

• Griffiths, Bill
• Popham, Hugh

Bibliographic Information

Blind to misfortune : a story of great courage in the face of adversity

Bill Griffiths with Hugh Popham

Mandarin, 1990, c1989

Note

Originally published: London : Cooper , 1989

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Bill Griffiths lost his sight and both hands as a prisoner of the Japanese in Java in 1942. Despite these handicaps, he was determined not to spend the rest of his life in a home for the disabled. This is his story, as told to Hugh Popham, author of "Into the Wind" and "A Thirst for the Sea".

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA14406903
• ISBN:
  • 0749304758
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 189 p., [12] p. of plates
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV3024.G7E5
  • DC20 : 362.4092
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Physically handicapped -- England -- Biography