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0316733210

Barefoot soldier : a story of extreme valour / Johnson Beharry with Nick Cook.

Author: Beharry, Johnson.

Author: Cook, Nick.

Publication year: 2006

Language: English

Media class: Hardback

Classification: 920.BEH

Publisher: London : Sphere, 2006.

ISBN: 0316733210 (hbk): 18.99

Notes:

Born in 1980 in Grenada as one of eight children, Johnson Behary lived in a two-bedroomed hut, surviving on a meagre diet of beans & rice & walking barefoot the three miles to school. At 13 he quit school & worked as a decorator & labourer. In 1999 he scraped together the airfare for England & joined the Prince of Wales' Royal Regiment.