A Certain Courage

by Gordon D. Cooper

In the summer of 1939 as Hitler re-arms Germany a twelve-year-old schoolgirl Hilary is sent out of London to spend six years away from her father and grandmother as an evacuee.

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Born in 1964 in New York City, Gordon D. Cooper moved with his family to Watkins Glen, N.Y., when he was 3 years old. After graduating from Watkins Glen High School in 1983, he attended Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. and then began a career in electrical engineering. He served for 20 years in the U.S. Army Reserve, including deployments to Bosnia and Kosovo as a public affairs officer, before retiring as a major in 2003. In 2002, he started Preston Woods Publishing Company to promote books of regional interest. Watkins Glen Tour Guide is the first book he has authored. He lives in Northern California with his wife and their three sons.

Reviews

[Rosalind Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wrongly attributed by Goodreads to Gordon D Cooper. It is not by him at all, but by the English author Gordon Cooper whose books were published by the Oxford University Press in the 1970's. He was a very fine writer of books for older children and young adults.

[Tracy · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favourites from childhood