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Issue Details: First known date: 1942... 1942 Pied Piper
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'John Howard is determined to brighten up his old age by taking a fishing trip to France. However, during his stay the Nazis invade and he is forced to try to escape back to England with the two small children of some friends who are forced to stay behind in order to help the Allied war effort. As the conflict grows closer the roads become impassable and Howard also comes across five more children who need his help. He ends up leading this motley group of youngsters through the French countryside, constantly beset by danger yet heroically protecting his charges.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2009 Vintage ed.).

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon The Pied Piper Nunnally Johnson , ( dir. Irving Pichel ) United States of America (USA) : 20th Century Fox , 1942 19534073 1942 single work film/TV An Englishman making his way out of Nazi-occupied France finds himself the protector of a growing number of children.
form y separately published work icon Pied Piper Crossing to Freedom Jerome Kass , ( dir. Norman Stone ) United Kingdom (UK) United States of America (USA) : Granada Television CBS , 1989 19536505 1989 single work film/TV An Englishman making his way out of Nazi-occupied France becomes the protector of a growing group of children.

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    • London,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Heinemann ,       1942 .
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      Extent: 283p.
      Reprinted: 1952 , 1956 , 1965 , 1970 , 1976 , 1979
      Note/s:
      • First review in TLS 7 February 1942.
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      Americas,      :       William Morrow ,       1942 .
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      Extent: 306p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 5 January 1942.
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      Americas,      :       Popular Library ,       1963 .
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      Extent: 236p.
    • Toronto, Ontario,
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      Americas,      :       Macmillan ,       1964 .
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      Extent: 250p.
      Reprinted: 1977
      Note/s:
      • With study material prepared by C. M. Irwin.
    • London,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Pan ,       1965 .
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      Extent: 253p.
      Reprinted: 1979
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      Americas,      :       Heron Books ,       1968 .
      Extent: 302p.
      Note/s:
      • published by arrangement with william Heinemann. With original illustrations by Shirley Walker.
    • London,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Heron ,       1968 .
      Extent: 302p.
    • Leicester, Leicestershire,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Ulverscroft ,       1971 .
      Extent: 465p.
      ISBN: 9050047629
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      Americas,      :       Ballantine Books ,       1972 .
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      Extent: 246p.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon A Town Like Alice ; Pied Piper ; The Far Country ; The Chequer Board ; No Highway Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann Octopus Publishing Group , 1976 Z1423345 1976 selected work novel London : Heinemann Octopus Publishing Group , 1976 pg. 205-352
    • Larchmont, New York (State),
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      Americas,      :       Queens House ,       1978 .
      Extent: 306p.
    • London,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Mandarin ,       1990 .
      Extent: 284p.
      ISBN: 0749304111
    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Mandarin , 1991 .
    • London,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       House of Stratus ,       2000 .
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      Extent: 272p.
      ISBN: 1842322788
    • London,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Vintage UK ,       2009 .
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      Extent: 320p.p.
      Reprinted: 2010 (ebook)
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 December 2009 (paperback) and 1 September 2010 (ebook).
      ISBN: 9781409087076 (ebk), 9780099530220 (pbk)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      Americas,      :       Vintage ,       2010 .
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      Extent: 303p.
      ISBN: 9780307474018 (pbk.)
      Series: y separately published work icon Vintage International New York (City) : Vintage , 1993- 19532994 1993 series - publisher novel

      'William Faulkner, Philip Roth, Alice Munro, Thomas Mann, Doris Lessing, Albert Camus, V.S. Naipaul, Gabriel García Márquez, Salman Rushdie, Joan Didion, and Cormac McCarthy, among many others: Vintage International is devoted to publishing the best writing of the past century from the world over. Offering both classic and modern fiction and literary nonfiction in elegant editions, Vintage International aims to provide readers with world-class writing that has stood the test of time and essential works by the preeminent authors of today.'

      Source: Vintage.
Alternative title: Coeur genereux : roman
Language: French
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Works about this Work

Trapped in France Mary Philip , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2-3 December 2006; (p. 22) Continued relevance of Pied Piper
Trapped in France Mary Philip , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 2-3 December 2006; (p. 22) Continued relevance of Pied Piper
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