The last veteran : Harry Patch and the legacy of war / Peter Parker.
ISBN
9780007265503 : GBP14.99
Dewey Classmark
940.341
920 PAT
Local Dewey Classmark
B 940.341 PAR
Personal Author
Parker, Peter.
Publication
London : Fourth Estate, 2009.
Physical Description
328 p. ; 21 cm
Summary of Contents
Summary: This moving and timely book explores the way the First World War has been thought about and commemorated, and how it has affected its own, and later, generations.
Summary: The First World War was fought not by a professional army but by ordinary civilians like Patch, who epitomised Edwardian Britain and the sense, now lost, of what Britain stood for and why it was worth fighting for. 'The Last Veteran' tells Patch's story, and explores the meaning of the war to the generations that have followed.
Subject - Personal Name
Patch, Harry, 1898-2009.
Subject
Military history.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918 Veterans Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918 Social aspects Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918 Veterans Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918 Social aspects Great Britain.
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The First World War was fought not by a professional army but by ordinary civilians like Patch, who epitomised Edwardian Britain and the sense, now lost, of what Britain stood for and why it was worth fighting for. 'The Last Veteran' tells Patch's story, and explores the meaning of the war to the generations that have followed.
