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Parkin, Ray
Ray Parkin’s Wartime Trilogy. Out of the Smoke. Into the Smother. The Sword and the Blossom. In englischer Sprache
Leinen-kaschierter Hartcover mit goldfarbener Rückenbeschriftung und O. Schutzumschlag. Signiert von Ray Parkin für Dritte vom 5.XI.99. Mit einigen Abbildungen. Table of Contents: Foreword by John Clarke. What Reviewers Have Said. OUT OF THE SMOKE. Introduction by Laurens van der Post. Foreword. 1 Sangieng–Inertia. 2 Sangieng–Activity. 3 Toppers. 4 Decision. 5 Disillusionment. 6 Princes Island. 7 Java Head. 8 Java Sea 9 Sunda Strait. 10 The Wake. 11 Limbo. 12 Tjilatjap. 13 Postscript. Epilogue. INTO THE SMOTHER. Map of the Burma–Siam Railway. Foreword.1 Departure. 2 Changi. 3 Journey to Thailand. 4 Konyu–January. 5 Konyu–February. 6 Hintok Road–March. 7 Hintok Road–April. 8 Hintok Road–May. 9 Hintok Road–June. 10 Hintok River–July. 11 Hintok River–August. 12 Alone–August. 13 Kinsayok–September. 14 Kinsayok–October. 15 Kinsayok–November. 16 Hintok Road Again–December 17 Hintok River Again–January 18 Tarsau Again–February 19 Out of the Smother–A Postscript Appendix: Medical Experiences in Japanese Captivity (by ‘Weary’ Dunlop) THE SWORD AND THE BLOSSOM Glossary Author’s Note Prologue I Survivors II The Voyage III The Mine IV The Way Out Falling Leaf Epilogue. / About the Author Melbourne-born Ray Parkin (1910–2005) was an omnivorous reader and gifted artist who largely educated himself and became a fine maritime painter. He spent eighteen years in the Royal Australian Navy, including three years as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War 2. After the war he became a waterfront tally clerk and wrote of his wartime experiences in Out of the Smoke, Into the Smother and The Sword and the Blossom, all published to critical acclaim by The Hogarth Press, London, in the 1960s. After his retirement Ray spent many years researching, writing and illustrating his remarkable, award-winning work H. M. Bark Endeavour, published in 1997 by Melbourne University Press. About the Author Melbourne-born Ray Parkin (1910–2005) was an omnivorous reader and gifted artist who largely educated himself and became a fine maritime painter. He spent eighteen years in the Royal Australian Navy, including three years as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War 2. After the war he became a waterfront tally clerk and wrote of his wartime experiences in Out of the Smoke, Into the Smother and The Sword and the Blossom, all published to critical acclaim by The Hogarth Press, London, in the 1960s. After his retirement Ray spent many years researching, writing and illustrating his remarkable, award-winning work H. M. Bark Endeavour, published in 1997 by Melbourne University Press. Zur Ergänzung beigelegt Biographisches zu Ray Parkin (6. November 1910 bis 2005), er war ein australischer Schriftsteller, Hobby-Künstler und Autodidakt Historiker, bekannt für seine Memoiren des Zweiten Weltkriegs und ein großes Werk über Captain Cook 's Endeavour Reise (aus dem Internet Bearbeitungsstand: 02.05.2012/automatische Übersetzung ins Deutsche)
Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
ISBN: 0522848877
Format: 22 x 14,5 x 6 cm
Umfang: 951 Seiten
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