Cloud Over Arnhem. September 17th - 26th 1944. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

HORST, Kate A. Ter.

Published by Allan Wingate. London, 1959

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Allan Wingate. 1959. First issue of first edition. Slim small 8vo hardback in DW. SIGNED IN GREEN INK WITH PLACE DETAILS (Benedendorpsweg, Oosterbeek) to front endpaper, no other inscriptions or dedications. Publishers label added to title page stating, "NOTE This book was written in 1945." Head and tail of spine sunned, endpapers browned and foxed, margins of pages toned. A sound copy in a worn and stained wrapper that is nicked to extremities and very browned internally. EXCEPTIONALLY SCARCE IN WRAPPER AND WITH AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE. Kate ter Horst witnessed the landings by the British 1st Airborne Division at the beginning of Operation Market Garden on 17 September 1944, noting the event in her diary. After the advance on Arnham fell behind schedule, Captain Randall Martin asked the Ter Horsts permission to set up a regimental aid station in their house at the Benedendorpsweg in Oosterbeek. During the eight days of fighting, Ter Horst tended to about 250 wounded British paratroopers herself. Some of her most famous actions in looking after the British troops included walking around her home reading the Bible to dying soldiers and finding water in the most unlikely places (such as the boiler and toilet) when, due to the large concentration of British troops, the house became a target. In the forward to this book, Arnhem veteran General Sir Frank King noted:'I noticed how the whole room brightened up at her arrival,' he recalled. 'One badly wounded soldier summed it up before he died. After a few words from her, he said: "She's wonderful. Just like my Mum!".

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• Title: Cloud Over Arnhem. September 17th - 26th 1944. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
• Publisher: Allan Wingate. London
• Publication Date: 1959
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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