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Issue Details: First known date: 1978... 1978 The Anzacs
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'Gallipoli was the final resting place for thousands of young Australians. Death struck so fast there was not time for escape or burial. And when Gallipoli was over there was the misery of the European Campaign. Patsy Adam-Smith read over 8000 diaries and letters to write her acclaimed best-seller about the First World War. Soldiers sought her out to tell her why they went, what they saw, and how they felt about that great holocaust. Their simple accounts are more vivid than any novel; the years have not dimmed their memories of lost comrades and the horrors of war. These are the extraordinary experiences of ordinary men - and they strike to the heart. The Anzacs remains unrivalled as the classic account of Australia's involvement in the First World War.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • West Melbourne, Melbourne - West, Melbourne, Victoria,: Nelson , 1978 .
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      Extent: x, 372p.
      Description: illus., ports.
      Reprinted: 1979 , 1981 , 1982 , 1983
      ISBN: 0170050661
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1991 .
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      Extent: xii, 492p.p.
      ISBN: 0140165398 (pbk.)
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2002 .
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      Extent: xii, 492p.p.
      ISBN: 0734304617 (hbk.)
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2014 .
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      Extent: 492p.p.
      ISBN: 9780143571667
      Series: y separately published work icon War Popular Penguins Melbourne : Penguin , 2014- 7552598 2014 series - publisher war literature

      'A collection of the best and bravest books about the Anzacs and the First World War.'

      Source: Publisher's description.

Other Formats

  • Large print.
  • Sound recording.

Works about this Work

Patsy Adam-Smith’s The Anzacs Explored the Great War, At Home 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 April 2014;

— Review of The Anzacs Patsy Adam-Smith , 1978 single work non-fiction
Nostalgia for the Nation? The First World War in Australian Novels of the 1970s and 1980s Christina Spittel , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film 2014; (p. 255-272)
Patsy Adam-Smith’s The Anzacs Explored the Great War, At Home 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 19-20 April 2014;

— Review of The Anzacs Patsy Adam-Smith , 1978 single work non-fiction
Nostalgia for the Nation? The First World War in Australian Novels of the 1970s and 1980s Christina Spittel , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film 2014; (p. 255-272)
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