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The Bantam And The Soldier
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Author : Jennifer Beck
language : en
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Release Date : 2009
The Bantam And The Soldier written by Jennifer Beck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Anzac categories.
During World War I in France, a young Kiwi soldier who misses his family strikes up a friendship with a little bantam hen, a friendship which brings comfort to him and his fellow soldiers. Based on a true story.
Bantam And The Soldier The
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Author : Jennifer BECK
language : en
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Release Date : 1996
Bantam And The Soldier The written by Jennifer BECK and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with categories.
The Little Hen And The Great War
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Author : Jennifer Beck
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Release Date : 2016-05-05
The Little Hen And The Great War written by Jennifer Beck and has been published by Scholastic UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-05 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A young soldier is fighting in the trenches of wartime France when he finds a hen, skinny, scruffy, and starving. He tucks her into his jacket and takes her with him... A beautiful story of unexpected friendship in the midst of fighting and devastation.
The Bantam And The Soldier
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Author : Jennifer Beck
language : en
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Release Date : 2014
The Bantam And The Soldier written by Jennifer Beck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Anzac Day categories.
It is wartime in Europe. A young soldier from 'a country on the other side of the world' rescues and brings back to health a little bantam, and in the midst of the fighting and devastation an unusual friendship is formed. Every morning the bantam lays an egg for the soldier and his friends and becomes the center of their affection and hopes for the end of the war.
Soldier In The Rain
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Author : William Goldman
language : en
Publisher: Bantam Books
Release Date : 1966
Soldier In The Rain written by William Goldman and has been published by Bantam Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Korean War, 1950-1953 categories.
The Bantams
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Author : Sidney Allinson
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2004
The Bantams written by Sidney Allinson and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Fiction categories.
"The citizens of LeHavre weren't prepared for the bizarre sight that greeted them after a British troopship arrived in the harbour in January, 1916, with a fresh contingent of reinforcements for the Western Front... the troops marched down the gangplanks and along the quay as though they were mocking the traditional image of the stalwart soldier. They were about five feet tall, miniature Guardsmen, more like mascots than fighting men... And so the first battalion of the Bantams, as they were officially called, prepared for battle. They soon proved they were equal in stamina and greater in valor than standard-sized soldiers. By 1918, more than 50,000 Bantams, including 2,000 from Canada, had been in the trenches and their casualties were enormous. Yet the story of the Bantams and their outstanding contribution to the war has been forgotten, overlooked, or deliberately concealed by army historians, who were perhaps embarrassed by the episode and mistakenly feared that such little men, and the army's need to use them somehow revealed weaknesses in the British character But thanks to a Toronto military historian, their story is now told for the first time, and it's enough to make short men stand tall. Sidney Allinson deserves credit for ferreting out the fascinating tale and for preserving it in the face of official indifference and even hostility. He was able to track down 300 surviving Bantams and make good use of unpublished journals and letters. His experience documents again the widespread illogical prejudice against people who happen to be short." William French, The Globe & Mail. INTRODUCTION The little men in khaki seemed unbelievably small to be British soldiers. Barely over five feet in height, they swarmed over the decks of the Channel steamer Caesarea, moving briskly to shouted orders of sergeants, to sling rifles, packs, and kitbags, then file quickly down the ribbed gangplank to the Le Havre quay. Short legs bowed under their heavy loads of equipment, they tramped ashore loudly and cheerfully baahing. The tiny soldiers of the Cheshire Regiment amazed the French onlookers. After two years of war, the local civilians thought themselves blasé to the variety of types of soldiers the British Empire brought through the port. They had seen black Nigerians, giant Australians, bronzed New Zealanders and Maoris, colourful Rajputs and Sikhs, confident Canadians, splendid Grenadiers, and even blue-uniformed Chinese labourers, but never anything like these almost Lilliputian newcomers. Certainly, no unit ever arrived with such an irreverent display. Boots polished to a black sheen, buttons and brasses glinting in the grey early morning, trousers pressed and puttees tight, soft peaked caps set square on heads, the men were like miniature Guardsmen in their smart military turnout, but the noises they made were like nothing ever heard at Caterham Barracks. "Baaaah! Baaaah! Baaaah !" After being shunted across southern England in crowded trains for over twenty-four hours, packed into a wallowing tub of a ship through a night of miserable Channel weather, denied breakfast, and kept standing on deck in full marching order for two more weary hours, the short sturdy men saluted their orders to be finally herded ashore by giving tongue to a chorus of prolonged sheeplike noises. "Baaaah !" They swung down the gangway onto the docks. Seeing these uniformly small soldiers loaded with the kit of war, struggling gamely under the weight, yet cheerfully voicing their opinion of all set in authority over them, convulsed many French onlookers. The laughter grew as furious sergeants and Provost Corpsmen barked orders for silence and chivvied the troops into more orderly groups. The mirth spread infectiously to the soldiers themselves, until the docks were a chaos of hilarity. A red-faced Rail Transport Officer clattered up on a horse, to take a horrified look at the scene of hundreds of British soldiers
Torty And The Soldier
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Author : Jennifer Beck
language : en
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Release Date : 2017-03
Torty And The Soldier written by Jennifer Beck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03 with Picture books for children categories.
Meet Torty! Shes one tough little tortoise with a beat-up shell and some missing toes. Torty survived a great war that raged in Europe 100 years ago. Torty was rescued back then by a young Kiwi soldier. She is a World War One survivor.
The Anzac Violin
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Author : Jennifer Beck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-02
The Anzac Violin written by Jennifer Beck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02 with Picture books for children categories.
More than 20 years after publication of the classic NZ story, The Bantam and the Soldier, Jennifer Beck and Robyn Belton have joined forces again to produce another heartwarming story from the First World War. This time its the true story of Otagos Alexander Aitken and the violin that travelled with him on his wartime journey, bringing music and solace to his fellow ANZACs.
Restaging War In The Western World
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Author : M. Abbenhuis
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-03-30
Restaging War In The Western World written by M. Abbenhuis and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-30 with History categories.
This collection seeks to move noncombatant perspectives to center stage, acknowledging their importance, destabilizing the primacy of the combatant, and explaining or undermining the staging of warfare as a singular and acontextual production.
Private Heller And The Bantam Boys
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Author : Gregory Archer
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2015-11-01
Private Heller And The Bantam Boys written by Gregory Archer and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-01 with History categories.
In time for the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into the First World War, Private Heller and the Bantam Boys—based on Heller’s long-hidden diary—tells the tale of a group of privileged yet naïve Princeton University students and their big, brawny Midwestern farm boy interloper, Ralph Heller. To them, war is a grand adventure not to be missed, and they enlist as medics and ambulance drivers (think Hemingway and dos Passos) to make sure they can get to France before the war ends. These college boys go about their training filled with idealism and bravado and, despite constant marching and drilling, absolutely no preparation for what they’re about to face. When their transport ship comes under U-boat attack off the Welsh coast, the idea that they could get killed before they reach the front begins to sink in. Once in France, and with a seemingly unlimited supply of red wine (water is for crops and animals), and hormone-fueled high spirits, the Bantam Boys are ready for anything that comes their way. Or so they think. Devastation touches all, as they enter a hell of mud, rats, poison gas, flying lead, and rotting corpses where they’re just as likely in the confusion of No Man’s Land to end up heading toward the Germans rather than away from them. From the comic to the horrific, Private Heller and the Bantam Boys will touch readers of all ages.