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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Line : A Man's Experience : A Son's Quest to Understand
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Consists of four pieces of writing by Arch Flanagan, in which he tells of his war experiences. At the conclusion of each piece, Arch's son Martin reflects on how his father's war experiences have impacted on his own life.

Notes

  • Dedication: To those who died on the line and never returned to lead again the old life, to love and be loved.
  • Epigraph: Simple, salt tears full often will redden his eyes; No one shall hear what he hears, or see what he sees. (The Soldier is Home, John Shaw Neilson)

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Notes:
Foreword by Jo Flanagan.
    • Camberwell East, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: One Day Hill , 2005 .
      Extent: 191p.
      ISBN: 0975770810
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y separately published work icon Archie's Letter : An Anzac Story Martin Flanagan , Collingwood : One Day Hill , 2012 Z1856277 2012 single work biography children's 'Archie's Letter tells a story of an ordinary man who went off to fight in World War II. His experiences included the Burma Railway, where he was under the command of Australian war hero, Weary Dunlop.

Archie's Letter also tells how he dealt with his wartime experiences; how, at the age of 91, he agreed to meet a group of elderly Japanese women interested in world peace; how he could never forget the young men with him during the war who didn't come back.

It is a book which explains Anzac day to a new generation.

Archie's Letter is written by Martin Flanagan and illustrated by Ainsley Walters. It is adapted from The Line by Archie and Martin Flanagan in 2005.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Works about this Work

In Brief : Non-Fiction Dan Toner , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 280 2006; (p. 60)
— Review of The Line : A Man's Experience : A Son's Quest to Understand Arch Flanagan , Martin Flanagan , 2005 selected work autobiography
Lives on the Line in Burma Peter Pierce , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 March 2006; (p. 21)
— Review of The Line : A Man's Experience : A Son's Quest to Understand Arch Flanagan , Martin Flanagan , 2005 selected work autobiography
On Down the Line Michele M. Gierck , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , March-April vol. 16 no. 2 2006; (p. 44)
— Review of The Line : A Man's Experience : A Son's Quest to Understand Arch Flanagan , Martin Flanagan , 2005 selected work autobiography
Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 December 2005 - 1 January 2006 2005; (p. 13)
— Review of One Sunday Joy Dettman , 2005 single work novel ; The Line : A Man's Experience : A Son's Quest to Understand Arch Flanagan , Martin Flanagan , 2005 selected work autobiography ; The Earth is Hollow Dimitris Tzoumacas , 1988 selected work prose
A Father and Son Walk the Line Tony Thompson , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 December 2005; (p. 28)
— Review of The Line : A Man's Experience : A Son's Quest to Understand Arch Flanagan , Martin Flanagan , 2005 selected work autobiography
A Father and Son Walk the Line Tony Thompson , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 December 2005; (p. 28)
— Review of The Line : A Man's Experience : A Son's Quest to Understand Arch Flanagan , Martin Flanagan , 2005 selected work autobiography
Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 December 2005 - 1 January 2006 2005; (p. 13)
— Review of One Sunday Joy Dettman , 2005 single work novel ; The Line : A Man's Experience : A Son's Quest to Understand Arch Flanagan , Martin Flanagan , 2005 selected work autobiography ; The Earth is Hollow Dimitris Tzoumacas , 1988 selected work prose
On Down the Line Michele M. Gierck , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , March-April vol. 16 no. 2 2006; (p. 44)
— Review of The Line : A Man's Experience : A Son's Quest to Understand Arch Flanagan , Martin Flanagan , 2005 selected work autobiography
Lives on the Line in Burma Peter Pierce , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11-12 March 2006; (p. 21)
— Review of The Line : A Man's Experience : A Son's Quest to Understand Arch Flanagan , Martin Flanagan , 2005 selected work autobiography
In Brief : Non-Fiction Dan Toner , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 280 2006; (p. 60)
— Review of The Line : A Man's Experience : A Son's Quest to Understand Arch Flanagan , Martin Flanagan , 2005 selected work autobiography
He Walked the Line Martin Flanagan , 2005 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 4 September 2005; (p. 16)
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Subjects:
  • Tasmania,
  • Burma-Thailand Railway,
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    Burma,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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