Blood, Sweat and Tears : Australia's WWII Remembered by the Men and Women Who Lived It Tapa dura - 2004

Viking, 2004

Viking, Australia, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Size: 9"-10" Tall. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Australian History; ISBN: 0670040894. ISBN/EAN: 9780670040896. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27254. . 9780670040896

Viking / Penguin Australia, 2004. Hardcover in Dustjacket. FINE. Brings together the first-hand accounts of more than seventy-five ordinary things during World War II. Prisoners of war, airmen, nurses, land girls, internees, schoolchildren, soldiers, sailors, and volunteers of every description share their memories of a time of horror, tragedy, love and excitement. Australians took part in every arena of the war, and these moving accounts include memories of the campaigns in Europe and Africa; the battles for the Kokoda Trail, New Guinea and the islands; the internment camps of South-East Asia; and the notorious Burma-Thailand Railway. Also included are stories from the men and women who kept things working and supported the war on the home front. This is a remarkable portrait of men, women and children at war. First Edition. viii, 503 p, [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. Illustrated #151015/050322 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since… Leer más

Camberwell, VIC, Australia: Viking (Penguin), 2004. viii, + 503pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate sections. Patterned endpapers: security bar affixed to rear pastedown. Book clean and square. Red title over lightly bumped spine. Plain beige boards undamaged. Textblock edges flecked, leaves tanned. Illustrated dustjacket minimally edgeworn and colour-faded on spine. " . . . brings together the first-hand accounts of more than seventy-five ordinary Australians who did extraordinary things during World War II. P.O.W's, airmen, nurses, land girls, internees, schoolchildren, soldiers, sailors and more share their memories of a time of horror, tragedy, love and excitement . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Introduction, Book 1/ The War in Europe and the Middle East. 2/ War in the Pacific. 3/ The War in Australia. "Fellow Citizens, the war is over" - John Curtin, 15 August, 1945. Bibliography. Index. Acks. Book weight approx. 880g. * Customers outside Australia - This item… Leer más