So Far from Home
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780731810680
Paperback|9780731810680
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Overview
When 19 year old Sergeant Eric Evans embarked on a troop ship bound for France in 1917, he was already a Galliopoli veteran and a seasoned campaigner. But nothing could prepare him for the horrors of the Western Front. During the next two years he was wounded twice, badly gassed and saw countless friends and comrades die in nightmarish circumstances. In diaries that he kept throughout his ordeal, vivid and honest descriptions of life as an infantry Sergeant are mingled with an overpowering yearning for his sweetheart Dorothy Wright, patiently awaiting his return to Sydney. His thoughtful writing captures a young soldier's life in all its contradictions. From practical jokes and flirtations with nurses to politics to the misery of life in the trenches, it adds a unique and authentic voice to the annals of Australians at war.
| ISBN-13 | 9780731810680 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0731810686 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 288 pages |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster (Trade Division) |
| Published On | 2002-01-01 |
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