Weary : king of the river / Sue Ebury.

By: Ebury, SueContributor(s): Ebury, Sue. Weary : the life of Sir Edward DunlopMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Miegunyah Press series. Second numbered series ; ; no. 123.Publisher: Carlton, Victoria : The Miegunyah Press, [2011]Edition: Illustrated gift editionDescription: xv, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780522856965; 0522856969; 9780522857528; 0522857523Subject(s): Dunlop, E. E. (Ernest Edward), 1907-1993 | Dunlop, E. E, 1907-1993 | Dunlop, E. E (Ernest Edward), 1907-1993 | Dunlop, Ernest E | Dunlop, E. E. (Ernest Edward), 1907-1993 | Dunlop, E. E. (Ernest Edward), 1907-1993 | Dunlop, E. E. (Ernest Edward), 1907- | Burma-Siam Railroad | Burma-Siam Railroad | Burma-Siam Railroad | Burma-Siam Railroad | World War (1939-1945) | 1939-1945 | World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Burma | Surgeons -- Australia -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Australia | Physicians | Prisons | General Surgery | World War II | History, 20th Century | Medical care | Surgeons | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese | World War 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Burma | Surgeons -- Australia -- Biography | Prisoners | Burma | Australia | Japan | Australia | MyanmarGenre/Form: Military collection | Biography | Biographie | Biography. DDC classification: 617.092 LOC classification: D807.A8 | E28 2011NLM classification: 2010 A-545 | WZ 100Other classification: 8 Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE 1907-1939 -- One.Friday's Child -- Two.Gentlemen of Ormond -- Three.The Melbourne -- Four.Journey to the Promised Land -- pt. TWO 1940-1942 -- Five.Scarlet Major at the Base -- Six.Across the Wine-dark Seas -- Seven.Grey Ships Waiting -- Eight.`Sorry, Gone to Tobruk' -- pt. THREE 1942-1945 -- Nine.The Fastest Ship of the Convoy -- Ten.Into the Bag -- Eleven.Singing and Games Forbidden -- Twelve.via Dolorosa -- Thirteen.Valley of the Shadow -- Fourteen.Stables for the Sick -- Fifteen.We Kempis Do But Do Our Duty -- Sixteen.Ancient Civilisations -- Seventeen.`Oh Incredible Day!' -- Eighteen.The Return of Ulysses -- pt. FOUR 1945-1967 -- Nineteen.Reclaiming the Lost Years -- Twenty.The Solace of Surgery -- Twenty-one.Surgeon Ambassador -- pt. FIVE 1967-1993 -- Twenty-two.The Influence of Weary -- Twenty-three.The Lifelong Mission -- Twenty-four.Almonds to Those Who Have No Teeth.
Review: "In a wartime nightmare of starvation, disease, brutality and death, Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop's courage and compassion made him an Australian legend. During more than three years as a surgeon in the notorious work camps and vast hospital camps along the Burma-Thailand railway, he worked tirelessly to save lives and get men home to their families. He confronted his captors fearlessly; three times he was tortured and taken out to be executed, only to be reprieved at the last moment. Fellow prisoners regarded him as 'a symbol of hope and a rock'. This new, illustrated biography of Weary includes more than 150 images as well as never-before-published material about his betrayal to his captors."--BOOK JACKET.
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Updated ed. of "Weary: The Life of Sir Edward Dunlop", prev. published: Camberwell, Vic : Claremont, 2002, ℗♭2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-407) and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE 1907-1939 -- One.Friday's Child -- Two.Gentlemen of Ormond -- Three.The Melbourne -- Four.Journey to the Promised Land -- pt. TWO 1940-1942 -- Five.Scarlet Major at the Base -- Six.Across the Wine-dark Seas -- Seven.Grey Ships Waiting -- Eight.`Sorry, Gone to Tobruk' -- pt. THREE 1942-1945 -- Nine.The Fastest Ship of the Convoy -- Ten.Into the Bag -- Eleven.Singing and Games Forbidden -- Twelve.via Dolorosa -- Thirteen.Valley of the Shadow -- Fourteen.Stables for the Sick -- Fifteen.We Kempis Do But Do Our Duty -- Sixteen.Ancient Civilisations -- Seventeen.`Oh Incredible Day!' -- Eighteen.The Return of Ulysses -- pt. FOUR 1945-1967 -- Nineteen.Reclaiming the Lost Years -- Twenty.The Solace of Surgery -- Twenty-one.Surgeon Ambassador -- pt. FIVE 1967-1993 -- Twenty-two.The Influence of Weary -- Twenty-three.The Lifelong Mission -- Twenty-four.Almonds to Those Who Have No Teeth.

"In a wartime nightmare of starvation, disease, brutality and death, Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop's courage and compassion made him an Australian legend. During more than three years as a surgeon in the notorious work camps and vast hospital camps along the Burma-Thailand railway, he worked tirelessly to save lives and get men home to their families. He confronted his captors fearlessly; three times he was tortured and taken out to be executed, only to be reprieved at the last moment. Fellow prisoners regarded him as 'a symbol of hope and a rock'. This new, illustrated biography of Weary includes more than 150 images as well as never-before-published material about his betrayal to his captors."--BOOK JACKET.

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