Tu / Patricia Grace.
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TextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin Books, 2004Description: 287 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0143019201 (pbk.)Subject(s): New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force, 2nd. Battalion, 28 -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Maori -- Fiction | New Zealand -- FictionGenre/Form: New Zealand fiction -- 21st century. DDC classification: 823/.914 | NZ823.2 LOC classification: PR9639.3.G7 | T8 2004Summary: Tu is proud of his name - the Maori god of war. But for the returned soldier there's a shadow over his own war experience with the Maori Battalion in Italy. Three young men from the one family went to war, but only one returned - Tu is the sole survivor. Now, when his young niece and nephew come to him to find out what happened, Tu is brought face to face with the past. What really happened to the three brothers as the Maori Battalion fought in the hills and valleys of Italy is contained in the pages of his war journal, and this he now decides to give to his niece and nephew.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-287)
Tu is proud of his name - the Maori god of war. But for the returned soldier there's a shadow over his own war experience with the Maori Battalion in Italy. Three young men from the one family went to war, but only one returned - Tu is the sole survivor. Now, when his young niece and nephew come to him to find out what happened, Tu is brought face to face with the past. What really happened to the three brothers as the Maori Battalion fought in the hills and valleys of Italy is contained in the pages of his war journal, and this he now decides to give to his niece and nephew.
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