| Collection type | Library |
|---|---|
| Author | Byrne, Jaci, author.; |
| Call Number | 940.5472 B995 |
| Document type | Monograph |
| Year | 2018. 018. |
| Pagination | 230 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Publisher | Big Sky Publishing, |
| Note | Includes bibliographical references. On May 8 1945, forty-six-year-old Drum Major Jackson staggered towards his American liberators. Emaciated, dressed in rags, his decayed boots held together with string, he'd been force-marched for twenty days over the Austrian Alps after five heinous years as a POW in Nazi labour camps. He collapsed into his liberators' arms, clinging to his only meaningful possession-his war diary. Having already experienced the horrific nature of battle in the First World War, Jackson had now survived another War-unlike hundreds of his mates, who'd succumbed to disease, insanity, or had been killed in action. Men far younger than he. But he could never have imagined what awaited him on the home front. A captivating testament to human endurance, Jackson's diary and photo s, one of the last such memoirs to be published, is the inspiration for The Music Maker. |
| Place made | Newport, NSW : |
The music maker : one POW provided hope for thousands / Jaci Byrne.
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| Barcode | Call Suffix | Volume | Part | Year | Location | Status |
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| AWM088415 | 940.5472 B995 | Stacks | On Shelf |