Arthur Wheen World War I hero, scholar and pacifist : the other side of No Man's Land
Ramsland, John, 1942-2015
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Arthur Wheen was the most daring, resourceful signaller in the 1st AIF. His extraordinary exploits in the epic Battles of Fromelles, Polygon Wood, Villers-Bretonneux and Peronne are told as well as his subsequent career as a Rhodes Scholar. In 1929 he became the first and best translator of Remarque's classical German war novel All Quiet on the Western Front that became an international bestseller and a Hollywood film in 1930.
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Ramsland, John, 1942-, author
Imprint:
Melbourne, VIC : Brolga Publishing, [2015]©2015.
Collation:
vi, 460 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 21 cm.
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"The man who translated All Quiet on the Western Front".Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781922175694
Dewey class:
940.40994940.4
Language:
English
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BRN:
429178