The Hero Maker

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The Hero Maker: A Biography of Paul Brickhill
ePub ISBN – 9780857988133

First published by Vintage in 2016

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Cataloguing-in-Publication entry

Dando-Collins, Stephen, 1950– author
The hero maker: a biography of Paul Brickhill: the Australian behind the legendary stories The Dam Busters, The Great Escape and Reach for the Sky/Stephen Dando-Collins

ISBN 978 0 85798 813 3 (ebook)

Brickhill, Paul, 1916–1991
Fighter pilots – Australia – Biography
Authors – 20th century – Biography
Soldiers – Australia – Biography

940.544944092

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