
The Desert Column
Ion Idriess(Author)
ETT Imprint (Publisher)
31st Edition
Published on 1. April 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
271 pages
978-1-923024-81-6 (ISBN)
Description
Leaves from the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai, and Palestine during WW1
The Desert Column is based on the diaries that Idriess kept throughout the war. Published in 1932, it is one of Idriess' earliest works. Harry Chauvel noted in the foreword that it was the only book of the campaign that to his knowledge was "viewed entirely from the private soldier's point of view..."
Idriess served as a sniper with the 5th Australian Light Horse. Enlisting in 1914, he began his diary "as we crowded the decks off Gallipoli" and he continued writing until returning to Australia...
The diaries cover his experience of some of the war's major events from life in the trenches at Gallipoli to the battles at Romani and Beersheba. One of Idriess' strengths as a writer is his ability to place the reader at the scene of the action...
- Australian War Memorial
Illustrated edition.
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Edition
31st edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bondi Junction, NSW
Australia
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
468 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-923024-81-6 (9781923024816)
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