King's Cross kid
Subtitle: a London childhood between the wars
By: Victor Gregg with Rick Stroud
Contributors: Stroud, Rick, author
Publisher: Windsor
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781471342882; 9781471342899
Subjects: Childhood and youth; Large type books; Biography; Social life and customs; Social conditions; Livres en gros caractères; Mœurs et coutumes; Large print books; Manners and customs
Description: Ninety-three-year-old Victor Gregg has had a rich and fascinating life. King's Cross Kid follows his London childhood from the age of five, when he was taken to the Shaftesbury Home for Destitute Children. After the years of street gangs and run-ins with the law, Vic left school at fourteen and his real adventures started. Ending with his enlistment in the army on the day of his eighteenth birthday, this prequel to the bestselling Rifleman will appeal to the many readers who were charmed by Victor Gregg's engaging, honest and warm voice.
Notes: Originally published: London: Bloomsbury.