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Zustand: New. The moving and extraordinary story of an unheralded and virtually unknown Anzac action that occurred during the period of the landing at Gallipoli and how the truth of what happened was corrupted by a noted historian. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, black & white plates, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJF; HBWN; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 232 x 29. Weight in Grams: 541. . 2014. Main. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has inscribed inside page. Marks on right foredge. Jack's Journey is the moving and extraordinary story of an unknown ANZAC action at Gallipoli during the period of the Landing on 1 and 2 May 1915.Kit Cullen began tracing Jack Collyer's story using his three diaries and service record. The diaries cover the voyage from Australia to training in Egypt and Lemnos and, finally, landing at Anzac. Unfortunately, the last diary ended as Jack entered the firing line on Bolton's Ridge at dusk on 25 April. He was wounded a week later. Where was Jack, and what was he doing when he was wounded?What Kit discovered over ten years of painstaking research is extraordinary. On 1 May, Jack and about fifty other members of No. 15 Platoon 4th Battalion were ordered to go to the aid of about 60 Royal Marines who had been trapped for two and a half days in an isolated trench.The Marines were running out of ammunition and water and needed support. Before dawn, Jack and his mates entered the valley, which they christened Death Trap Valley, before dawn and positioned themselves in Loutit's Post overlooking the Marines for most of the day under heavy enemy fire.The 4th Battalion's rescue mission was undertaken at the height of the third Turkish counterattack. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the ANZACs were ordered to resupply the Marines with ammunition and water and reinforce their line. To do so meant running the gauntlet of the death trap, an exposed fifty-metre-long track marked by the Turks as a killing ground. As the platoon braved the death trap, most of them were killed or wounded, including Jack. What Kit discovered over ten years of painstaking research is extraordinary. The other extraordinary aspect of the 4th Battalion's participation in the action was the corruption of the historical record by Charles Bean. Bean omitted any reference to the 4th Battalion in his telling of the story in the Official History, despite knowing what happened.Instead, he gave the credit for saving the Marines to his brother's unit, the 3rd Battalion, which played a part on 2 May in relieving the Marines and the remnants of the two 4th Battalion parties. Bean misused a letter from the Royal Marine hierarchy specifically praising the 4th Battalion's sacrifice and courage, claiming its sentiments for the 3rd Battalion.The tragic heroism of Jack and his mates and Bean's historiographical skulduggery would have remained hidden if Kit Cullen hadn't stumbled on them during his research. (publisher blurb).

Softcover. Zustand: FINE. Jack's Journey is the moving and extraordinary story of an unknown Anzac action at Gallipoli during the period of the Landing on 1 and 2 May, 1915. pp. xvii, 366 illusts #0618 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Karl Ferguson, Jr. doesn't find it easy to fit into the small county of King, Kentucky. He can't seem to stay out of trouble with the law. Given the choice to either join the military or go to jail, Karl Jr. joins the Air Force to pursue his dream of wealth while traveling the world. Meanwhile back home, the devoted, innocent, naïve Elaine Brown waits for Karl Jr. to return. Since she was 10-years-old, she's been in love with him even though he thinks of her as a child due to their difference in age. Time changes his thinking after he returns home years later in disgrace from a dishonorable discharge. He now sees Elaine as a woman and not the poor little girl from the head of a holler. He woos her and they soon get married. Unable to have children, she and Karl Jr. adopt two children, Richard and Kentucky Shine, who get to experience life in this small county of colorful characters. But even children are not enough to save a marriage.During their tumultuous marriage, the emotional strain and years of dealing with Karl Jr.'s infidelities and gambling end in a divorce, taking a dramatic emotional toll on Elaine's well-being resulting in an unstable parent with drinking problems and poor judgment who is severely depressed. Soon after the divorce, Karl Jr. begins a new family with the young teenage girl that helped end his marriage. His relationship with his adopted children grows more distant as he spends less time with them. As a result of their parents' issues, Richard and Kentucky Shine experience neglect and abuse leading them down a path of unstable relationships in their lives. However, regardless of what Karl Jr. has done, Elaine still secretly pines for and continues to love Karl Jr. in hopes that he will return to her one day.Decades pass after the divorce. Kentucky and Richard's lives mirror the impact of being raised by two broken parents. Just as things start to get better in their children's personal lives, Karl Jr.'s health declines. As Karl Jr. faces his own death, he looks for forgiveness .something he may never receive from his children. Within five years of their father's death, Kentucky Shine and Richard must decide again whether to forgive another dying parent who put her husband and self-loathing above them at a time in their lives when they needed her the most.