fifty thousand words of verse writen in ink and smuggled out of Changi Prison Camp in a tin of talcum. Account of the life and houghts of an Australian Prisoner Of War in the hands of the Japanese. Map endpapers, b&w plates and frontistwenty-six two-tone drawings by Major-General H. de Fremery and six maps, one in colour in e.p. An epic poem in XXXI Cantos. Poetry.In an epic 32 cantos the author has put down, in writing, his thoughts, feelings, philosophy, humour, hardships and life as a prisoner of war of the Japanese during World War II.
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Presantation copy An Australian Odyssey, which gives an account of the life and thoughts of a slave of the Samurai, during his three years and seven months as a Prisoner of War in the hands of the Japanese. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1946.
Clothbound hardcover book measuring 140x210mm, 296 pages. A fine copy.
A moving account of torture and humiliation at the hands of Japanese captors, written in the form of an epic poem
Unremarkable poetry written by a P.O.W. of the Japanese during the Second World War but what "inspired" it, and the drawings by General de Fremery, together with the black-and-white photos, which accompany and enhance it, are of considerable interest. Also includes a speech delivered by the Japanese Camp Commandant to US Prisoners of War. Green cloth. Map eps. xviii, 296pp.
