Ray Parkin's Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke, Into the Smother and In The Sword and the Blossom
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Ray Parkin's Wartime Trilogy: Out of the Smoke, Into the Smother and In The Sword and the Blossom

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SKU TBM9780522848878
AU$48.00
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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780522848878
Author: Ray Parkin
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 1999
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 951 pages
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine.

Ray Parkin's classic trilogy of wartime experiences hums with action, adventure and courage. Honest and plainly written, these books are full of humanity and wisdom. Parkin's evocative drawings and sketches illustrate the work.

Out of the Smoke tells the story of the HMAS Perth, her sinking by the Japanese, and the small party of survivors who try to sail a derelict lifeboat to safety, only to land in enemy hands.

Into the Smother is the diary of Parkin's time as a POW on the Burma-Siam railway. Writing in secret, risking execution, he documents with remarkable restraint the sufferings he and his comrades endure at the mercy of the jungle and the Imperial Japanese Army.

In The Sword and the Blossom the POWs are shipped to Japan in a crowded tramp steamer and put to work in a coal mine until the atomic bombs finally bring them freedom. (Trove)

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