The moving wartime story of friendship and heroism, set against the dramatic backdrop of the World War II Battle of Dunkirk
In the marshes of Essex, one of the last wild places left in England, a disfigured artist lives alone in an abandoned lighthouse. Shunned by society, he spends his days painting scenes of the coast and the birds that migrate to the meadowlands every winter. His days are solitary until one November afternoon, a young girl from a nearby village comes to his door carrying a wounded snow goose in her arms. The unlikely pair develop a friendship that deepens...
The moving wartime story of friendship and heroism, set against the dramatic backdrop of the World War II Battle of Dunkirk
For fourteen years during the golden age of sports, Paul Gallico was one of America s ace sportswriters. He saw them all the stars and the hams, the immortals and the phonies in boxing, wrestling, baseball, football, golf, tennis, and every other field of muscular endeavor in which men and women try to break hearts and necks for cash or glory. Then in 1937, at the height of his game (and the height of the payroll), Gallico suddenly and famously called it quits and left the New York Daily News. But before he departed the world of sports, he left his legions of fans one last hurrah: a...
For fourteen years during the golden age of sports, Paul Gallico was one of America s ace sportswriters. He saw them all the stars and the hams, the i...
Mit der zauberhaften Geschichte der kleinen Mouche, die sich nichts lieber wünscht, als in Paris ihr Glück zu finden, erlangte Paul Gallico internationale Anerkennung. Die New York Times nahm die preisgekrönte Verfilmung des Buches in ihre Liste der "Besten 1000 Filme aller Zeiten" auf. Die Verfilmung wurde mit einem Oscar und mehreren Nominierungen ausgezeichnet.
Mit der zauberhaften Geschichte der kleinen Mouche, die sich nichts lieber wünscht, als in Paris ihr Glück zu finden, erlangte Paul Gallico internat...