After the war was over

Description:

Memoirs of Foreman as a boy during the rebuilding of Britain after World War II. Foreman recalls victory bonfires, the ongoing rationing, prefab houses, baths in tin tubs, beaches first cleared of barbed wire and mines, and describes his development as an artist. Includes watercolor illustrations and period documents and photographs.

subjects: Social life and customs,  Juvenile literature,  English Authors,  Boys,  Illustrators,  Country life,  Social conditions,  Authors, English,  Childhood and youth,  Biography,  History,  Manners and customs,  Children's fiction,  War, fiction,  Children, great britain,  Great britain, biography,  Great britain, social life and customs,  Great britain, juvenile literature

People: Michael Foreman (1938-)

Places: England,  Great Britain,  Suffolk,  Suffolk (England)

Times: 1945-,  20th century