Lost in Spain - Wilson, John
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"Wilson offers a unique perspective on this fascinating era…even minor characters are brought to life." Library Journal Ted Ryan and his parents have a chance to escape the drudgery of the Depression in Canada for a holiday in Europe. Unfortunately, it is the summer of 1936 and Spain, where Ted longs to see a bullfight, is exploding in civil war. Swept up in the chaos, Ted finds himself alone and searching for his missing father. The only person who can help him is Dolores, a beautiful Spanish revolutionary who can explain what is going on, but who is in just as much danger as Ted as they…mehr

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"Wilson offers a unique perspective on this fascinating era…even minor characters are brought to life." Library Journal Ted Ryan and his parents have a chance to escape the drudgery of the Depression in Canada for a holiday in Europe. Unfortunately, it is the summer of 1936 and Spain, where Ted longs to see a bullfight, is exploding in civil war. Swept up in the chaos, Ted finds himself alone and searching for his missing father. The only person who can help him is Dolores, a beautiful Spanish revolutionary who can explain what is going on, but who is in just as much danger as Ted as they travel across the war-torn countryside. "…replete with the constant menace of danger and death…Recommended." Canadian Book Review Annual "…moves along at a breakneck pace." CCL The Caught in Conflict Collection is an imprint of fast-paced, historically accurate, morally-complex quick reads for Teens and Adults.
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John Wilson was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. He is a dual Australian/US citizen and lived in the USA in the 1990s for eight years, six of which were in New York City. During this time, he worked as a mining analyst on Wall Street for global British investment bank SG Warburg and SBC Warburg (now part of UBS Warburg) where he covered US mining companies, including Freeport-McMoRan. Prior to that he worked as a mining engineer in outback Australia. John has an MBA with a major in finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a BA from the University of Queensland and a BE from the University of Sydney. In 1999, he left the USA as a direct consequence of FBI persecution and currently lives in Sydney with his wife and two children.