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Simpson and the Donkey Anniversary Edition

Simpson and the Donkey Anniversary Edition

The Making of a Legend

by Peter Cochrane
Paperback
Publication Date: 02/01/2014

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Anniversary Edition, new foreword

The simple tale of Simpson and his donkey is the pre-eminent legend of heroism. It is the story of a humble water-carrier, a rescuer of wounded men, a tale of compassion, stoic persistence, with a tragic end. His tale is an integral part of the Anzac story.

Across time, a simple tale can acquire a complicated history. This is what happened to the man with the donkey and is the subject of this book, Simpson's 'afterlife', the legend.
ISBN:
9780522866032
9780522866032
Category:
First World War
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
02-01-2014
Publisher:
Melbourne University Press
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
320
Dimensions (mm):
197x128x15mm
Weight:
0.35kg
Peter Cochrane

Peter Cochrane is a widely published historian and writer based in Sydney. He is best known for his book Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy, which won the inaugural Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the Age Book of the Year in 2007.

His first venture into fiction was the novella Governor Bligh and the Short Man. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

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