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Somme Mud (2008)

by E.P.F. Lynch(Favorite Author)

4.26 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1741668948 (ISBN13: 9781741668940)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Random House Australia

review 1: I read this in tandem with the young readers version. I wanted to see what they'd altered or left out - an interesting exercise. In the end I appreciated the historical context presented to younger readers in the other version at the start of each chapter but preferred the adult version - this man and his mates are portrayed in a more honest light (less digger hero) with all the faults, prejudices and behaviours of young single men in extraordinary times. I know there are a lot of these memoir/biographies about experience in the trenches but Im not tired of them, each story is extraordinary and worth the read.
review 2: An exceptional read, in fact Somme Mud is my favorite memoir from the 1st world war. If you read one WW1 memoir read this one.It follows a youn... moreg naive Australian volunteer who hears the call from the motherland who along with many of his kinsmen volunteer mainly because it sounds like a laugh and bit of a jaunt.The book covers the whole period of his military service from volunteering, the sea voyage to Europe, his service in France right through to his eventual return home to Australia.He brings to life the whole experience of the western Front, and his book inspired me into some of my own family detection work, only to find my grand father fought on the Somme a few miles from where the Australians were fighting.I've since been out twice to the Somme and intend to return on a regular basis...that's how good this book is...it certainly light my fire.The book features a great foreword as how these memoirs lay forgotten for many decades...I'll say no more....just read it! less

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