The men of the line : stories of the Thai-Burma railway survivors / Pattie Wright.
The men of the line : stories of the Thai-Burma railway survivors / Pattie Wright.
The men of the line : stories of the Thai-Burma railway survivors / Pattie Wright.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2008.
Date
2008.
Call Numbers
Q940.54725/5A , Q940.54725/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxiii, 302 p. : ill., ports., ; 23 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2008.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"The extraordinary engineering feat of the Thai-Burma Railway, or the Line as it is often called, was built with a slave labour force. A mixture of Australian, Asian, British, Dutch and American men built 688 bridges-eight made of steel and concrete-viaducts, cuttings, embankments and kilometres and kilometres of railway track through thick malaria...
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The men of the line : stories of the Thai-Burma railway survivors / Pattie Wright.
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Bibliography: p. 288-297.
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Q940.54725/5A , Q940.54725/5
Record Identifier
74VM8mDVBPWd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM8mDVBPWd
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ISBN
9780522854831 (hbk.) :
DDC
940.547252
MMS ID
991000066479702626
