Valiant for Truth
the life of chester wilmot, war correspondent
$32.67
- Hardcover
464 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2016
Summary
Valiant for Truth: The Extraordinary Life of WWII Correspondent Chester Wilmot
Chester Wilmot (1911-1954) was a renowned Australian war correspondent, broadcaster, journalist, and writer. Covering the first triumphant North African battles of Bardia, Tobruk, and Derna, the heartbreaking disaster of the Greek Campaign, the epic struggle along the famed Kokoda Track, the momentous amphibious invasion at Normandy, and the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany, his voice stood above all other…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781742235172 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1742235174 |
| Author: | Neil McDonald, Peter Brune |
| Publisher: | NewSouth Publishing |
| Imprint: | NewSouth Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 922g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 157mm x 48mm |
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Critics Review
‘This is a wonderfully evocative, superbly detailed account of a truly great Australian who was an exemplar of journalism at its best. Wilmot, a demon for accuracy, saw it all, chronicled it all, and it is only right that his extraordinary life in turn be so superbly brought back to life.’ – Peter FitzSimons
About The Author
Neil McDonald
Neil McDonald is a film historian and author. His books include Kokoda Front Line: the amazing story of legendary Australian war cameraman Damien Parer (revised edition 2012). He is co-author with Peter Brune of 200 Shots, a pictorial account of Australian fighting on the Kokoda Track.
Peter Brune is the bestselling author of A Bastard of a Place: the Australians in Papua; Those Ragged Bloody Heroes: from the Kokoda Trail to Gona Beach 1942 and most recently Descent into Hell: The fall of Singapore – Pudu and Changi – the Thai Burma railway.
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