Red Lead
The legendary Australian ship's cat who survived the sinking of HMAS Perth and the Thai-Burma Railway
$35.70
- Paperback
344 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2020
Summary
Just after midnight on 1 March 1942, Australia’s most renowned cruiser, HMAS Perth, was sunk by Japanese naval forces in the Sunda Strait off the coast of Java. Of the 681 men aboard, 328 survived the sinking and made it to shore—and one cat. Her name was Red Lead, and she was the ship’s cat, beloved by the crew and by the Perth’s legendary captain Hector Waller.
But surviving shellfire, torpedoes and the fierce currents of the Sunda Strait was only the beginning of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760297145 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760297143 |
| Author: | Roland Perry |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 456g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 153mm x 233mm |
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Roland Perry
Roland Perry is one of Australia’s best known authors. He has written 35 books, many of them going on to become bestsellers, including The Queen, Her Lover and the Most Notorious Spy in History, Horrie the War Dog, Bill the Bastard, Bradman’s Invincibles, The Changi Brownlow, The Australian Light Horse and Monash: The Outsider Who Won a War.
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