Venturing Into No Man's Land. The Charmed Life Of Joseph Maxwell VC, World War I Hero

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Brolga Publishing Pty Ltd
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2012
Edition: First Edition

Description: 343 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A flash blinds me... We are lost in a chaos of flying mud... Smoke, filth, confusion, racket! I spit and splutter and swear... Oh Christ! I think Im flamin well dead. This is the compelling story of Lieutenant Joseph Darkie Maxwell DCM, MC and Bar, VC -- the second highest decorated Australian soldier of the First World War. Meticulously researched by historian John Ramsland, Maxwells colourful life is traced from his childhood on the Hunter coalfields until his death at age 71 in a soldiers settlement home in Matraville Sydney. Maxwell was a vivid storyteller who wrote Hells Bells and Mademoiselles, telling of his experiences in the war. In telling Maxwells story, Ramsland has uncovered many forgotten documents to piece together an extraordinary life of an extraordinary man.

ISBN: 9781922036636