| Main Title: |
Weary : king of the river / Sue Ebury. |
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| Author: |
Ebury, Sue.
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| Imprint: |
The Miegunyah Press, 2011. |
| Collation: |
xv, 431 pages : illustrations, paperback ; 24 cm. |
| Summary: |
"In a wartime nightmare of starvation, disease, brutality and death, Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop's courage and compassion made him an Australian legend. During more than three years as a surgeon in the notorious work camps and vast hospital camps along the Burma-Thailand railway, he worked tirelessly to save lives and get men home to their families. He confronted his captors fearlessly; three times he was tortured and taken out to be executed, only to be reprieved at the last moment. Fellow prisoners regarded him as 'a symbol of hope and a rock'. This new, illustrated biography of Weary includes more than 150 images as well as never-before-published material about his betrayal to his captors."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject: |
Dunlop, Ernest Edward (Weary), 1907-1993
World War, 1939-1945
Prisoners of war
Doctors
Surgeons
Military history
Burma to Siam Railway (Thailand)
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| Series: |
Second numbered series of the Miegunyah volumes ;, no. 123;
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| Edition: |
Illustrated gift edition. |
| ISBN: |
9780522856965 0522856969 9780522857528 0522857523 |
| Notes: |
Contents:
pt. ONE 1907-1939 -- One. Friday's Child -- Two. Gentlemen of Ormond -- Three. The Melbourne -- Four. Journey to the Promised Land -- pt. TWO 1940-1942 -- Five. Scarlet Major at the Base -- Six. Across the Wine-dark Seas -- Seven. Grey Ships Waiting -- Eight. `Sorry, Gone to Tobruk' -- pt. THREE 1942-1945 -- Nine. The Fastest Ship of the Convoy -- Ten. Into the Bag -- Eleven. Singing and Games Forbidden -- Twelve. via Dolorosa -- Thirteen. Valley of the Shadow -- Fourteen. Stables for the Sick -- Fifteen. We Kempis Do But Do Our Duty -- Sixteen. Ancient Civilisations -- Seventeen. `Oh Incredible Day!' -- Eighteen. The Return of Ulysses -- pt. FOUR 1945-1967 -- Nineteen. Reclaiming the Lost Years -- Twenty. The Solace of Surgery -- Twenty-one. Surgeon Ambassador -- pt. FIVE 1967-1993 -- Twenty-two. The Influence of Weary -- Twenty-three. The Lifelong Mission -- Twenty-four. Almonds to Those Who Have No Teeth.
Updated ed. of "Weary: The Life of Sir Edward Dunlop", prev. published: Camberwell, Vic : Claremont, 2002, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-407) and index.
[Variant title:Weary: the life of Sir Edward Dunlop]
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