Fear Drive My Feet

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Author: Peter Ryan Series: Text Classics

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A memoir of how 18yo intelligence operative, isolated in hostile territory, survived on his wits and through relationships with natives.

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Summary

A memoir of how 18yo intelligence operative, isolated in hostile territory, survived on his wits and through relationships with natives.

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Fear Drive My Feet is Peter Ryan’s enduring account of his time patrolling isolated regions of New Guinea during World War II.

Far from his fellow Australians and with Japanese forces closing in around him, the eighteen-year-old Ryan endures the hardships of the jungle, overcoming loneliness, fatigue and fear with quiet courage. He finds beauty in the rugged mountain landscapes of New Guinea, and admires the charm and resourcefulness of its people.

Rarely out of print in the past four decades, Fear Drive My Feet is a classic memoir of the war in the Pacific, a major work of Australian war literature. For the work he describes in this book, Peter Ryan was awarded the Military Medal and mentioned in dispatches.

Critic Reviews

“'Outstanding.'”

‘Outstanding.’

-- Peter Pierce
‘A moving account of a young man’s lonely heroism.’ -- Edward 'Weary' Dunlop

About the Author

Peter Ryan has been a newspaper columnist, the director of Melbourne University Press and an officer of the Victorian Supreme Court. He was an intelligence operative behind enemy lines in New Guinea in World War II. He lives in Melbourne.

Product Details

Publisher

Text Publishing | The Text Publishing Company

Published

24th June 2015

Pages

322

ISBN

9781925240054

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04 Apr, 2018

Great read and very well written. It's probably one of the most adventurous true stories you will come across and a story that needs to be told and remembered. We owe these men a tremendous debt, the least we can do is remember them.
By Bryan

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