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The War Diaries of Kenneth Slessor: Official Australian Correspondent, 1940-1944
by Slessor, Kenneth [Edited by Clement Semmler]
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0702218790
- ISBN 13
- 9780702218798
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About This Item
St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1985. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Shelf wear to the boards. Couple of small stains to the front endpapers. Toning around the page edges. Jacket has light edge wear and faint crease to the spine. 623 pages, including Appendixes (A: Cairo1941-42, B: The Work of an Official War Correspondent, and C: Slessor's Resignation as Official Correspondent), List of Abbreviations and Service Rankings, General Notes, Biographical Notes, and Index. Illustrated with black and white photos, maps, tables and copies of correspondence. One of Australia's finest poets, Slessor was appointed the nation's official war correspondent during World War II and served with Australian forces in Britain, Greece, the Middle East, and Papua New Guinea. This book publishes for the first time Slessor's private and uncensored views penned some 40 years earlier in tiny notebooks during the war..
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- Whiting Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 06133
- Title
- The War Diaries of Kenneth Slessor: Official Australian Correspondent, 1940-1944
- Author
- Slessor, Kenneth [Edited by Clement Semmler]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0702218790
- ISBN 13
- 9780702218798
- Publisher
- University of Queensland Press
- Place of Publication
- St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Australian Poet Journalist War Correspondent Slessor World_War_II Diaries
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