Return to Gallipoli: Walking the Battlefields of the Great War

Language: English

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2006

0521681510 / 9780521681513

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[Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Bruce Scates (University of New South Wales, Sydney) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 298 Every year tens of thousands of Australians make their pilgrimages to Gallipoli, France and other killing fields of the Great War. It is a journey steeped in history. Some go in search of family memory, seeking the grave of a soldier lost a lifetime ago. For others, Anzac pilgrimage has become a rite of passage, a statement of what it means to be Australian. This book, first published in 2006, explores the memory of the Great War through the historical experience of pilgrimage. It examines the significance these 'sacred sites' have acquired in the hearts and minds of successive generations and charts the complex responses of young and old, soldier and civilian, the pilgrims of the 1920s and today's backpacker travellers. This book gives voice to history, retrieving a bitter-sweet testimony through interviews, surveys and a rich archival record. Innovative, courageous and often deeply moving, it explains why the Anzac legend still captivates Australians.…

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Title
Return to Gallipoli: Walking the Battlefields of the Great War
Author
Scates, Bruce
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication year
2006
Book Type
Secondhand, Paperback
Binding
Secondhand, Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0521681510
ISBN 13
9780521681513

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