His historical fiction includes titles in the Dear America, My Name is America, and Royal Diaries series, many of which have been named NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People.

Book.Barry Denenberg is the critically acclaimed author of non-fiction and historical fiction. Online estimates by the Listing Site may not be correct and either additional, or reduced postage may be required, particularly for Canadian and Overseas shipments, but not usually to the USA. World rates are based on specific destination and weight. Canadian domestic postal rates rise with weight, size and distance Rates to the USA calculated by weight alone as per the USPS. We ship Worldwide, use both Canada Post and the United States Postal Service, and offer postal charges based on our actual costs, without overcharging. We ship from British Columbia in Canada, and from Washington State in the USA. An 'as new' copy - bright and fresh with a tight, square binding and uncreased spine. Dedicated presentation inscription and author's signature to the title page. x, 266 pages : illustrations, maps 23 cm. and surroundung communities who died in WWI serving their country. The spine remains undamaged.Ĭard Wrappers. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Fascinated by this unknown story and realising the historical value of the diaries he engaged an editor, Patrick Wilson, who prepared them for publication. None of this was known until Fraser gregg chanced upon a suitcase belonging to his father, Eric Evans.

From practical jokes and flirtations with nurses to politics to the misery of life in the trenches, it adds a unique and authentic voice to the annals of Australians at war. His thoughtful writing captures a young soldier's life in all its contradictions. In diaries that he kept throughout his ordeal, vivid and honest descriptions of life as an infantry Sergeant are mingled with an overpowering yearning for his sweetheart Dorothy Wright, patiently awaiting his return to Sydney. During the next two years he was wounded twice, badly gassed and saw countless friends and comrades die in nightmarish circumstances. But nothing could prepare him for the horrors of the Western Front. When 19 year old Sergeant Eric Evans embarked on a troop ship bound for France in 1917, he was already a Galliopoli veteran and a seasoned campaigner.

So far from home by barry denenberg