From Desk to Dugout - The Education of a Victorian ANZAC

Author(s): Keith Hallett; Robyn Youl

New Military History

'Come see my little dugout - way up on the hill it stands, Where I can get a lovely view of Anzac's golden sands.' The Anzac Book was the finest 'trench publication' produced during the Great War and was an instant bestseller when first released in 1916. Created by soldiers under enemy fire and in extreme hardship, the illustrations, stories, cartoons, and poems were intended as a Christmas and New Year diversion for soldiers facing a harsh winter in the trenches on Gallipoli. The way these young men powerfully captured their felt experiences and struggles in the trenches had a huge emotional effect on readers back home in Australia. From Desk to Dugout explores this particular moment in Australian literary and educational history and its intersections with the war at Gallipoli and the history of ANZAC.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781922175953
  • : Brolga Publishing
  • : Brolga Publishing
  • : 0.175
  • : October 2015
  • : .7 Centimeters X 13.8 Centimeters X 20.8 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Keith Hallett; Robyn Youl
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 940.40994
  • : 280