02776cam a2200373 4500 759251910 TxAuBib 20170830120000.0 170818s2017||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2017021785 9781432841171 lg. print : alk. paper 1432841173 lg. print : alk. paper KyBuM KyBuM TxGR TxAuBib Ricks, Thomas E. Churchill and Orwell [Large Type Book] : the fight for freedom / Thomas E. Ricks. Large print ed. Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Co., 2017. 589 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction The two Winstons -- Churchill the adventurer -- Orwell the policeman -- Churchill: down and out in the 1930s -- Orwell becomes "Orwell": Spain 1937 -- Churchill becomes "Churchill": spring 1940 -- Fighting the Germans, reaching out to the Americans: 1940- -- 1941 -- Churchill, Orwell, and the class war in Britain: 1941 -- Enter the Americans: 1941-1942 -- Grim visions of the postwar world: 1943 -- Animal farm: 1943-1945 -- Churchill (and Britain) in decline and triumph: 1944-1945 -- Churchill's revenge: the war memoirs -- Orwell in triumph and decline: 1945-1950 -- Churchill's premature afterlife: 1950-1965 -- Orwell's extraordinary ascension: 1950-2016 -- Afterword: the path of Churchill and Orwell. "Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's--Orwell shot in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War; Churchill struck by a car in New York City. If they'd died, history would scarcely remember them: Churchill was a politician on the outs and Orwell was a mildly successful novelist. But by the end of the twentieth century they would become two of the most important people in British history for having the vision and courage to campaign tirelessly against the totalitarian threat from both the left and the right"--Back cover. 20170830. Churchill, Winston 1874-1965. Churchill, Winston 1874-1965. Political and social views. Orwell, George 1903-1950. Orwell, George 1903-1950. Political and social views. Prime ministers Great Britain Biography. Authors, English 20th century Biography. Fascism History 20th century. Communism History 20th century. Great Britain Politics and government 1936-1945. Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction. RV8