ISBN: 9781877228513 - yesterday's drums (5 résultats)

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Soft cover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. 1st Edition. This copy is like new. This is the fascinating biography of New Zealand opera singer and founder of Kiwi Pacific Records. It centres around his wartime experiences."The Sidi Azeiz story.breakout at Minqar Qaim.the Benghazi nightmare.escape from a POW camp in Italy and sanctuary with Italian civilians and Stalags in Nazi Germany.the resoursefulness of POW's.".…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 207 pages. reasonable ex library d/j had been plastic protectedDescriptions include the author's baptism of fire and blood in the desert; Romme l at Sidi Azeiz; leading the singing of 'Silent night' in Bardia at Christmas; f rom the Turkish border to Minqar Qaim and the nightmare of Benghazi; malaria, es cape and betrayal in Italy; planning escape from German stalags; the bombing of Dresden; a long march westwards and the impact of Buchenwald; VE-Day in London.…

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. YESTERDAY'S DRUMS. Echoes From The Wasteland Of War by Tony Vercoe. SIGNED BY AUTHOR and inscribed to previous owner. Publisher: Steele Roberts, Wellington, 2001, First edition hardback with jacket in excellent near new condiiton. Just one tiny chip to the top of the jacket spine. Shakespeare and a few other wise people defined it: War is hell. Those who have been there are unlikely to disagree. Many World War II servicemen found it such hell that for a long time afterwards they refused to talk about it, preferring to disregard that grim episode as having no relevance for the life ahead. Twenty, thirty, fifty years on, and time had modified this view for many of them. They had learned that memories last forever, stored in a mental databank, and knew that some of theirs held valuable detail. 208 pages with photos. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. No signatures. Some rubbing to margins of dust wrapper.; 207, [1] pages. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 231 x 151mm. Military history, World War II. "Through the 1930s Tony Vercoe's carefree college days in Nelson had seemed remote from the rise of Nazism on the other side of the world. Then as a response to looming war, territorial service in Wellington led to a journey across diverse wartimes landscapes, through actions graphically described, and among people faithfully recalled." - from dust wrapper blurb.; 8vo.…