Le Train De Michel: A True Story as Told by Jed Falby, by Jed Falby
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Le Train De Michel: A True Story as Told by Jed Falby, by Jed Falby
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Le Train De Michel: A True Story as Told by Jed Falby, by Jed Falby- Amazon Sales Rank: #3100706 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-19
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 11.77" h x .51" w x 8.31" l, 1.20 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 120 pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Start reading at 8pm—and plan on a long night By John Emmerling Jed Falby's graphic book, telling a barely known true story of World War II, had me turning pages without a break—finished it in one sitting. Then had this compelling thought: "What an extraordinary hero—this fellow Michel Hollard!" He joined the French wartime resistance then took on the dangerous (5-star danger) mission of singlehandedly scouting by bicycle the heavily guarded Nazi V-1 missile-launching sites being secretly constructed around Normandy. Michel's descriptions and locations of launch sites are passed along to British agents in Berne when he bikes and hikes—98 times!—back and forth across the border between France and Switzerland. Using Michel's maps and detailed information, English bombers pinpoint the hidden locations and cluster bomb many of the launch sites while still under construction. Hitler is frustrated in his plan to rain destruction down upon London! The Nazis struggle to repair the sites and finally begin a delayed-and-weakened V-1 blitz just after D-Day 1944—but thanks to the British bombing at least a hundred V-1s (each "doodlebug” carried a ton of TNT) have been squashed on their launch pads. Thousands of Londoners are spared death and injury—including, possibly, author Falby who was a young lad living in London at the time. Falby's bold, sometimes stark, drawings will pull you into Michel Hollard's compelling story; the simplified and explanatory sketches of things (like the V-1 rocket itself) will fascinate without overcomplicating. The book moves along like a fast train, a startling work of black and white ink drawings with frequent bright splashes of yellow and red. Highly recommended for a thrilling evening’s journey back through time.John Emmerling, NYC
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. THE FRENCHMAN WHO SAVED LONDON By M Slosberg I've been a fan of Illustrated Novels ever since I discovered Will Eisner's incredible visual storytelling. And so it was, with great anticipation, that I dove into Jed Falby's World War II story, "Le Train De Michel," a very personal, suspenseful and beautifully rendered tale––both written and illustrated by Mr. Falby. Falby, a British child during the Second World War, was evacuated from his home several times when his home city of London was blitzed and then again, right after D-Day, when the German V-1 rockets rained down indiscriminately in Hitler's desperate dying effort to defeat the Allies. With masterful story-telling, Falby imagines an anachronistic meeting with the book's hero, Michel Hollard as he is laboring in a Nazi concentration camp. Using flashback as his device, Falby relates the harrowing story of how Hollard, risking everything to do “what’s right,” starts spying on the Germans who have occupied his beloved Paris. His awkward beginnings as an untrained “agent” soon evolve into a full-blown network of loyalists who become the key to uncovering Hitler's plans to shower death onto London with the V-1 rockets, colloquially called “Doodlebugs.” Le Train De Michel is one of those fascinating true stories about heroic accomplishments, which lay dormant until the curiosity [and talent] of a Jed Falby pries one like a fine pearl from the shell of history.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. 112 Page Story Board...Riveting By Ken Licata We think of narrative as words describing something and don't think of pictures doing the same thing. Le Train De Michel is that rare book that uses hand drawn pictures to tell its story. Sure there are words but the pentel of Mr Falby does it's best work with emotion charged frames that draw you into the story itself. And what a story. A single, motivated Frenchman, Michel Hollard, who only wanted to do what's right, manages to supply British Intelligence with information which ultimately helps the Royal Air Force destroy targets in the Normandy region of France where Hitler's terrible weapon of mass destruction, the V! buzz bomb, was launched. Thanks to Monsieur Hollard and his band of Patriots, much vital information was gathered right under the Nazi's noses. It didn't spare London completely from the Buzz bombs but it cut the numbers down considerably. The author, himself, as a young child was evacuated four times from London to escape the terrible losses Londoners sustained from the bombings.I highly recomend this wonderful book.Ken LicataScotch Plains, NJ
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