Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. See all books authored by patsy adamsmith, including australian women at war, and when we rode the rails, and more on. This book, by ms adamsmith which was first published in 1978, is about the men and women who were the anzacs. Anzacs named for members of the all volunteer anzac army formations is a 1985 australian fivepart television miniseries set in world war i. The anzacs is a nationalist book written with great sympathy for the plight of those who served in the horrific war.
Soldiers sought her out to tell her why they went, what they saw, and how they felt about that great holocaust. The author of some 30 books, she had the rare ability to tap our australian consciousness and bring us closer to our national identity. To include a comma in your tag, surround the tag with double quotes. Booktopia buy anzac history books online from australias leading online bookstore. Patsy adamsmith books list of books by author patsy. The anzacs shared the 1978 age book of the year award and was made into a popular tv series. These are the extraordinary experiences of ordinary men and they strike to the heart. Patsy adamsmith also had a very personal connection to this history. Buy a discounted paperback of the anzacs online from australias leading online bookstore.
Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The daughter of railway workers, patsy adamsmith was raised in a number of small victorian country towns. Selling over 100,000 copies at a time when australias population was 14 million, it showed that australians were interested in reading war histories despite revulsion at war in the aftermath of the conflict in vietnam. Patricia jean adamsmith, ao, obe was an australian author, historian and servicewoman. The anzacs by patsy adam smith books on war australia. The anzacs this war book is the 1979 edition original large illustrated format the anzacs by patsy adam smith.
Buy the anzacs by patsy adamsmith online at alibris. Patsy adamsmiths book, the anzacs, helped to revive the gallipoli myth when it was first published in 1978. The anzacs patsy adamsmith national library of australia. The anzacs, the classic account of the men who gave birth. The anzacs by patsy adamsmith goodreads share book. Patsy adamsmith has 26 books on goodreads with 364 ratings. She enlisted as a voluntary aid detachment during the second world war and was the first female to be articled as a radio officer when she worked on an australian merchant ship from 19541960. Patricia jean adamsmith, ao, obe 31 may 1924 20 september 2001 was an australian author, historian and servicewoman. There are many books written about world war i, about the landing at gallipoli, about the battles in which the anzacs featured both at gallipoli and in europe. Patsy adamsmith author visit amazons patsy adamsmith page. Buy the anzacs 2nd revised edition by adamsmith, patsy isbn. Buy the anzacs by patsy adamsmith, paperback, 9780143571667 online at the nile. Ms adamsmith read more than 8000 diaries and letters. The anzacs remains unrivalled as the classic account of australias involvement in the first world war.
Patsy adamsmith wrote this book in the late 1970s when there were still some elderly ww1 veterans around. Mar 26, 2014 patsy adamsmith read over 8000 diaries and letters to write her acclaimed bestseller about the first world war. The anzacs by patsy adamsmith 9781760895266 qbd books. Patsy adamsmiths the anzacs explored the great war, at home. And the book s opening chapter, why did you go to the great war, daddy, extracted below, still resonates today. Reviewed in the united states on november 15, 2017.
The series follows the lives of a group of young australian men who enlist in the 8th battalion australia of the first australian imperial force in 1914, fighting first at gallipoli in 1915, and then on the western front for the remainder of the war. Her father served on the hmas australia during the war and two of her uncles and a cousin were killed at gallipoli. Mar 26, 2014 discover book depositorys huge selection of patsy adam smith books online. Patsy adamsmith, ao, obe, was born in 1926 in nowingi, victoria. The anzacs by patsy adamsmith, paperback, 9780143571667.
Aboriginal, torres strait islander and other first nations people are advised that this catalogue contains names, recordings and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. In 1980 she received an obe for services to literature, and in 1994 she was made an officer of the order of australia for her contribution to community history. Click to read more about the anzacs by patsy adamsmith. She was a prolific writer on a range of subjects covering history, folklore and the preservation of national traditions, and wrote a twopart autobiography. Her other notable works include the anzacs, australian women at war and prisoners of war. Booktopia has the anzacs, the classic account of the men who gave birth to a legend. Patsy adamsmith read over 8000 diaries and letters to write her acclaimed bestseller about the first world war. She was the daughter of country railway workers and went on to write about her childhood in hear the train blow, 1964. Winner of the age book of the year award when first published in 1978, the anzacs remains unrivalled as the classic account of australias involvement in the first world war. This author is exacting and heaps of personal veteran story input from intense research by the author with many veterans and written records throughout australia in the mid to late 1970s.