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Harry Leslie Smith

Goodreads author profile

url

http://www.goodreads.com/1923AMemoir

born

February 25, 1923 in Barnsley, The United Kingdom

gender

male

website

http://www.1923thebook.ca

genre

Biographies & Memoirs, History, Nonfiction

influences

George Orwell, André Gide, Albert Camus, Thomas Mann, Virginia Woolf

member since

December 2010

About this author

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Harry Leslie Smith was born in 1923 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. After a stormy and chaotic youth; he joined the RAF in 1941. At the end of the Second World War, Smith ended up in occupied Hamburg, Germany. He remained with RAF occupational forces until 1947, whereupon, he decamped back to Yorkshire. In the 1950's, Harry Leslie Smith emigrated to Canada.

Since his time in the Second World War, Harry Leslie Smith has been an avid reader and writer; who at 88 has found a keen interest in social media and connecting the stories of his past with contemporary audiences.
Currently, he divides his time between Canada, Great Britain, and Portugal.
Harry is the author of 1923: A Memoir, Hamburg 1947: A Place for the Heart to Kip. His third book The Empress...more

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Manchester 1947

It was dawn in late November when I left Hamburg. On the horizon, strands of smoky, grey clouds jostled against the dark sky. Winter had begun to creep through the city and a light frost covered the ground. I slipped away from our home on cat paws, while Friede was asleep, looking lost in a pleasant dream. For the last time, I walked dejectedly on the path to the airport. The guard at the gate... read more »

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Books by Harry Leslie Smith

Average rating: 4.48 · 60 ratings · 30 reviews · 5 distinct works

	1923: A Memoir: Lies and Testaments 4.35 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Hamburg 1947: A Place for the Heart to Kip 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Barley Hole Chronicles: From Hell to Hamburg 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	1923: A Memoir Lies and Testaments 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Hamburg 1947: A Place for the heart to Kip 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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1923: A Memoir (Biographies & Memoirs)

2 chapters — updated Sep 16, 2011 12:35pm

Description: Prologue to my memoir 1923 "Lies and Testaments"

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Harry Smith gave to: Tolstoy: A Biography by A.N. Wilson read in May, 2012	My rating:
May 21, 2012 06:06pm
Harry Smith marked as to-read: Every Step Of The Way by Kit Domino (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
May 18, 2012 06:02am
Harry Smith made a comment in the group Amazon Kindle — Books for $0.99 topic "Hamburg 1947: A Place for the Heart to Kip is 99 cents for a limited time http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008216N7S Harry Leslie Smith's second memoir, Hambur...more "
May 12, 2012 05:26am
Harry Smith liked Sarah's review of 1923: " I won a free copy of this book through the Goodreads first-reads program. I'll update when I'm done reading it. :) "
May 11, 2012 07:25pm · see review
Harry Smith made a comment in the group Amazon Kindle — Books for $2.99 or less topic "This weekend to celebrate the 2nd edition of Hamburg 1947 it is 99 cents Harry Leslie Smith's second memoir, Hamburg 1947: A Place for the Heart to Kip...more "
May 11, 2012 06:23am
Harry Smith made a comment in the group UK Amazon Kindle Forum — Harry Leslie Smith topic "To celebrate the second edition of Hamburg 1947. It will be available this weekend on Kindle for 75p Twenty-two years old and ready for peace, Harry Le...more "
May 11, 2012 06:20am
Harry Smith made a comment in the group THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB — MEMBER- HARRY SMITH- 87 AND GOING STRONG!!!!!!!(HAPPY 89TH!) topic "To celebrate the second edition of Hamburg 1947. It will be available this weekend on Kindle for 99 cents [image] Twenty-two years old and ready for pe...more "
May 11, 2012 06:16am
Harry Smith added: Hamburg 1947: A Place for the heart to Kip by Harry Leslie Smith (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
May 11, 2012 06:11am
Harry Smith liked Nikki Bywater's review of 1923: " In the first volume of Harry Leslie Smith’s memoir, we learn a first account about what it was like growing up in Yorkshire, England in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Born into poverty and the depression after the First World War in 1923, Harry does not g... " Read more of this review »
May 10, 2012 05:57pm · see review

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Book Giveaways: 1923: A Memoir Give Away USA	1	13	Mar 23, 2011 12:46pm
Book Giveaways: The Barley Hole Chronicles From Hell to Hamburg	1	4	Nov 17, 2011 06:49am
Creative Reviews: author Requesting Reviews for Hamburg 1947, 1923 and Barley Hole Chronicles	5	10	Mar 14, 2012 04:12am
UK Amazon Kindle ...: Recommendations for Mother!	26	36	Apr 18, 2012 02:18pm
Book Promotion Fo...: Non-fiction, real life.	22	53	May 06, 2012 05:38pm
UK Book Club: * A new folder for author/writing related discussions	52	117	May 16, 2012 12:24pm
THE JAMES MASON C...: * MEMBER- HARRY SMITH- 87 AND GOING STRONG!!!!!!!(HAPPY 89TH!)	83	166	May 18, 2012 09:07pm
Goodreads Authors...: * Welcome Nonfiction Authors and Readers!	226	670	May 22, 2012 11:46am
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Quotes Harry Likes

“I don't care a damn about men who are loyal to the people who pay them, to organizations...I don't think even my country means all that much. There are many countries in our blood, aren't there, but only one person. Would the world be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries?”
― Graham Greene, Our Man in Havana

tags: countries , love , loyalty , nationality , politics , war

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