Watson's Pier by Joshua Funder

Watson's Pier by Joshua Funder

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AU$21.00
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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780522867572
Book Condition: Very Good
Author: Joshua Funder
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 2015
Format: Paperback
Pages: 290 pages
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.

It is a powerful historical fiction book about the campaign that almost lost the Anzacs and the retreat that saved a nation.

Stan Watson was among the first ashore at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 and survived battle, fear and disease to build the pier at Anzac Cove from which so many men later escaped.

He faced an impossible mission to get every man out alive. Watson never claimed to be the last man to leave Gallipoli, but through to the very end, he played his part and became a hero. Sixty-two years to the day after he stepped away from that fatal shore, Watson took a slow train to visit his family for Christmas and decided to finally tell his life story.

A beautifully told mixture of fact and fiction, Watson's Pier traces not just one man's journey but the history of a nation. It also challenges the historical record of what happened in the final moments at Anzac Cove. In doing so, it offers a new perspective on the meaning of Gallipoli. (back cover)

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