| Entry Text: | HOWARTH, David. Pursued by a Bear: An Autobiography. 240p., illus. London: Collins, 1986. ISBN: 0002175258.
One-third of the book records his war. He began as a war correspondent with Richard Dimbleby, but after Dunkirk joined the navy as a second hand at Lowestoft. He spent the winter in small ships off the East Coast, but was soon commissioned and went to Scapa as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Binney, Flag Officer Scapa. He was with Arethusa on the fringe of the Bismarck chase but then migrated to SOE and support for secret operations in Norway for the rest of the war. |
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