1947 Dutch book about the reclamation of Walcheren
Het verjaagde water
Inside cover of the first English translation by June Barrows Mussey (Henry Hay), published as Roll back the sea by Simon and Schuster in 1948
Author
A. den Doolaard
Country
Netherlands
Language
Dutch
Genre
Non-fiction novel
Publisher
N.V. Em. Querido Uitgeversmaatschappij, Amsterdam
Publication date
1947
Media type
Hardback
Pages
526 pages
Het verjaagde water (The chased water) is a 1947 Dutch non-fiction novel written by A. den Doolaard, which gives an account of the recovery works to repair dike breaches after the October 1944 Inundation of Walcheren as part of operations by The Allies of World War II during Operation Infatuate. Researchers from Delft University of Technology have found high levels of historical accuracy in den Doolaard's descriptions of the events that took place, the methods used to close the dikes and the key people involved. Den Doolaard assigned pseudonyms to most of the main characters and organisations.[1] The name A. den Doolaard is also a pseudonym, the author’s real name being Cornelis Johannes George Spoelstra Jr.[2]
^den Doolaard, A.; d' Angremond, K.; Schiereck, G.J (2001). Het verjaagde water [Roll back the sea] (PDF) (in Dutch). Delft: VSSD/Delft Academic Press. ISBN 9789065624116.
^Dronken van het leven : A. den Doolaard, zwerver, schrijver, journalist / Hans Olink. – Amsterdam : Atlas, 2011. – 431 p. ISBN 978-90-450-1369-5
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