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A Girl Called Johnnie

A Girl Called Johnnie

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by John Frayn Turner

published 1963

Hardback with dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly faded with tear at top right corner. But book in great condition.

An amazing real life tale of 'Johnnie' - aka Mary Ferguson who boarded a liner, the Avila Star, in Buenos Aires in 1942. She wanted to head to England and join the war effort but the Avila Star was torpedoed and she spent three weeks at sea. This is that story of survival. 

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