Charles Bean [electronic resource]
Ross Coulthart2014
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Joint winner: Prize for Australian History, 2015 Prime Minister's Literary
Awards This award-winning biography is a long overdue reassessment of the iconic
Australian war correspondent 'The book I have enjoyed most in recent times has
been Ross Coulthart's on the great war correspondent Charles Bean' - Peter
FitzSimons, Sun Herald 'Fascinating biography ... strongly recommend it' Hon.
Malcolm Turnbull via Twitter Charles Bean's wartime reports and photographs
mythologised the Australian soldier and helped spawn the notion that the Anzacs
achieved something nation-defining on the shores of Gallipoli and the
battlefields of western Europe. In his quest to get the truth, Bean often faced
death beside the Diggers in the trenches of Gallipoli and the Western Front -
and saw more combat than many. But did Bean tell Australia the whole story of
what he knew? In this timely new biography, Ross Coulthart investigates the
untold story behind Bean's jouralistic dilemma - his struggle ...
Main title:
Charles Bean [electronic resource] / Ross Coulthart
Author:
Ross Coulthart, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, 2014
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (512 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781460700525
Language:
English
BRN:
428518
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |