fictional story about a little ship

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Anonymous

I wonder if anyone can shed any light on where i can trace a story that was written about a mariner who rescued people during the evacuation....it seems it is a well known folk story and includes a bird..., the mariner dies...someone dies and the bird flies on..it is a powerful story about human inner strength...i am not sure of the details but am trying to locate this story..can anyone help?
thankyou
Alyson Auckland NZ

Anonymous
fictional story

The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico (a super little book) copies often available on ebay (search under Dunkirk)

Richard basey
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Story of Dunkirk

The story is "the Snow Goose" by Paul Gallico. Just bang in Snow Goose and look in Wikipedia. There is a summary of the story there.
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