The man next door : and other true stories of war and peace
Colman, Mike2023
Book
Ray McMillan was an aircraftman on the Hudson bomber that sunk the 'Awazisan Maru' - an episode from World War II captured in Frank Harding's painting that adorns the cover of 'The Man Next Door'. Years later, author Mike Colman read the war diaries of 'Mr McMillan', his next-door neighbour, and discovered an extraordinary tale of heroism and survival that is the basis for Chapter 1 of this book. It is the first of 14 stories - all true and featuring an extraordinary cast of characters - that capture Australia's war experience from Gallipoli to Vietnam in a way that has never been done before. 'No one is glorifying war, least of all people who have experienced it,' writes Keith Payne VC in his foreword. 'But it is still important to tell the human stories about those who have served, and those they left behind.'
Main title:
The man next door : and other true stories of war and peace / Mike Colman ; [foreword by Keith Payne VC AM].
Author:
Colman, Mike, authorPayne, Keith, 1933-, writer of foreword
Imprint:
Concord, NSW : Stoke Hill Press, 2023.©2023
Collation:
xviii, 238 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780648733164 (hardback)
Dewey class:
994.04940.544994
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
460594