Gallipoli Diaries : The Anzacs' Own Story Day by Day. by Jonathan. King ISBN 13: 9780731813551

Simon & Schuster Australia. Reformatted edition 2008. Softcover (16 x 24 cm), xviii, 413 pages. ISBN: 9780731813551. Good condition. Bumped, scuffed. Covers creased. Small closed tear on rear. Page edges lightly soiled. "For the first time, the Gallipoli story is told in the words of the ordinary fighting soldier. Day by day, starting with the landing on 25 April 1915 right up to the last day on 20 December 1915, the world of the Gallipoli soldier is starkly revealed. Lest We Forget: Roll of Honour. THe complete lists of the Australians and New Zealanders killed at Gallipoli are published for the first time in this new edition." Weight (before packaging): 795g

Australia: Simon & Schuster. Good. Paperback. 2008. 413 pages. light corner wear to front card cover .

Simon & Schuster. Fine. 2008. Paperback. 0731813553 . Fore edge lightly foxed; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 414 pages .

Simon & Schuster, 2008. Softcover. Fine. Jonathan King's highly regarded book on the Gallipoli story is told in the words of the ordinary soldier fighting in the trenches. Day by day, starting with the landing on 25 April 1915 and continuing to the last day on 20 December 1915, the world of the Gallipoli soldier is starkly revealed. Jonathan King has gathered together an unequalled series of extracts from letters and diaries written by hundreds of soldiers who fought in the trenches at Gallipoli. Through quoting from the men's own words, we share in the soldier's experience. The descriptions of life in those miserable trenches runs the full gauntlet of the soldiers' experiences, from the utterly mundane, such as describing the weather, to the most poignant, like a young soldier devastated by accidentally shooting his mate. There are descriptions of men scrounging for bully beef, breaking their teeth on Anzac biscuits, going mad with fleabites, catching endless armies of lice, burying their mates… Read More

Simon & Schuster, Australia, 2008. Soft cover. Book Condition: Very Good..