The parachute ward: A Canadian surgeon's wartime adventures in Yugoslavia

by Brian Jeffrey Street

Book Overview

A BESTSELLER IN CANADA -- NOW IN TRADE PAPERBACK This is the story of an authentic Canadian hero, a man whose courage and determination saved the lives of countless soldiers and civilians in the besieged mountains of Yugoslavia during the Second World War. On the night of May 12, 1944, Major Colin Scott Dafoe -- a surgeon on assignment with Britain's Special Operations Executive -- parachuted into eastern Bosnia. His mission was to provide medical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0886191033
• ISBN13: 9780886191030
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Lester & Orpen Dennys Publishers
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.