Shoot to Kill: The Australian Guerrilla Book 1 - Couverture souple

Idriess, Ion

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1922384135 ISBN 13 : 9781922384133

Editeur : ETT Imprint, 2020

Synopsis

Idriess was a trooper with the Light Horse at Gallipoli, all the way to Beersheba, and his diary was published as The Desert Column. Drawing on his military experience, this is one of six manuals written for soldiers and civilians in 1942, when invasion by the Japanese seemed imminent.

Written in his characteristic, colloquial, man-to-man style, Mr Idriess here reveals the secrets of the dead shot. What to do and what not to do are impressed upon the budding rifleman. He brings out clearly the importance of apparently trifling points.

No more opportune book could have been published. Australia for the first time in its history has been bombed. Invasion looms on our northern frontier. The imperative need now is for rifles, more rifles, yet more rifles - and riflemen.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ion Idriess (1889―1979) is one of Australias best-loved writers, with fifty-six books to his credit and millions of copies sold. When he returned from the First World War he wrote The Desert Column, about his experiences with the 5th Light Horse. Prospecting for Gold was his first major successful work; it immediately sold out and was reprinted constantly in the following years, as were many of his books. Idriess spent much of his life travelling throughout Australia, collecting material for his true-life stories, including Flynn of the Inland, The Red Chief and Nemarluk. He was awarded the O.B.E. in 1968 for his contribution to Australian literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ETT Imprint
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1922384135
• ISBN 13: 9781922384133
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 100
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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