Proud Australian boy : a biography of Russell Braddon / Nigel Starck.
Proud Australian boy : a biography of Russell Braddon / Nigel Starck.
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Publisher
North Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Pub., 2011.
Date
2011.
Call Numbers
G 2013/3159 , 828.914/52
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 284 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: The teeth of war -- 1. An Australian dynasty -- 2. Born to survive -- 3. Under the influence -- 4. Tennis, guns, and butter -- 5. Prison, slavery, release -- 6. The troubled peace -- 7. 'You are the judge' -- 8. Author of the year -- 9. Partne...
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Publisher
North Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Scholarly Pub., 2011.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2011.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Summary
"Russell Braddon - Burma Railway survivor and prolific man of letters - has left a remarkable legacy: a prisoner-of-war memoir (The Naked Island) selling two million copies and still in print sixty years later; a total of twenty-nine books (including the acclaimed novel The Proud American Boy and biographies of Joan Sutherland, Nancy Wake, and Leon...
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Proud Australian boy : a biography of Russell Braddon / Nigel Starck.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-278) and index.
National Biography Award contender, 2013.
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G 2013/3159 , 828.914/52
Record Identifier
74VvR3KNeGZg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvR3KNeGZg
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ISBN
9781921875403 (pbk.)
DDC
A828.3
MMS ID
991009080339702626
