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The oarsmen : the remarkable story of the men who rowed from the Great War to peace /
At the end of the First World War, there were 270,000 demobilised Australian soldiers in Europe. Getting them home after the Armistice was a task of epic proportions that would take more than two years. In the meantime, how to keep these disgruntled, damaged men with guns occupied? In a word: sport....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Richmond, Victoria :
Hardie Grant Books,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title Page; Table of Contents; Prologue
- Rowing into war; Part 1
- The War; Chapter 1
- The game is worth the candle; Chapter 2
- Hauenstein; Chapter 3
- The dying days; Part 2
- The Peace; Chapter 4
- Occupy the men; Chapter 5
- Battlefield to playing field; Chapter 6
- Syd and Marion; Chapter 7
- The Sports Section; Chapter 8
- The oarsmen of Pozières; Chapter 9
- Disher; Chapter 10
- Getting back into the boat; Chapter 11
- Putney; Chapter 12
- Gathering the oarsmen; Chapter 13
- Making the cut; Chapter 14
- The Australian style; Chapter 15
- The boat; Chapter 16
- Fairbairn
- Chapter 17
- Trouble in the boatChapter 18
- Anzac Day; Chapter 19
- Mutiny in the boat; Part 3
- The Regatta; Chapter 20
- Picking up the pieces; Chapter 21
- New digs, new coach; Chapter 22
- The two crews; Chapter 23
- Six to one; Chapter 24
- The Marlow Victory Regatta; Chapter 25
- Tough choices; Chapter 26
- The Royal Henley Peace Regatta; Chapter 27
- The King's Cup; Chapter 28
- The Inter-Allied Regatta, Paris; Chapter 29
- The Euripides; Epilogue; Notes; Map of the Henley course; Acknowledgements; About the author; Copyright Page