Bods Posted 6 February , 2009 Share Posted 6 February , 2009 Cheers Andy, By the way - just had a quick look at your website. Nice work. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 8 March , 2009 Share Posted 8 March , 2009 In answer to the question Who has it now - the answer is me. The book arrived yesterday. So if Alan (Magic Rat) would like to PM me his address, I will send it on in a few days (currently on Chapter 5 so it shouldn't be too long) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMHart Posted 9 March , 2009 Share Posted 9 March , 2009 I hope the poor starving author - Will Davies never sees this thread!!!! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Curragh Posted 9 March , 2009 Share Posted 9 March , 2009 I hope the poor starving author - Will Davies never sees this thread!!!! Pete Pete There was some logic behind this - see MagicRat's post no.13 - the book was only available from Australia on import & couldn't be ordered from libraries. Having said that it is finally coming out in the UK in April. Regards Brian PS - I have just bought a copy of your Passchendaele - does that help ?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KevinEndon Posted 9 March , 2009 Share Posted 9 March , 2009 I hope the poor starving author - Will Davies never sees this thread!!!! Pete You will never know if the 9 folks that have borrowed the book will now go out and buy it for themselves and the poor starving author sells more copies because of this thread. If Will Davies could comment on this thread he is more than welcome to. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pighills Posted 9 March , 2009 Share Posted 9 March , 2009 It's not a book I would have read normally, but because I have now read it, thanks to Kev, I will go out and buy Somme Mud - so he does get a sale afterall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 9 March , 2009 Share Posted 9 March , 2009 I read them the other way round....Somme Mud first, and then this one. A good companion to the first. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 9 March , 2009 Admin Share Posted 9 March , 2009 Is the sequel as racist as the appalling Somme Mud? Or is it simply yet another work of 'faction'? Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Tiger Posted 9 March , 2009 Share Posted 9 March , 2009 Is the sequel as racist as the appalling Somme Mud? Or is it simply yet another work of 'faction'? Ken Here we go again!!! Will (some) people please understand that this forum is a site for those who wish to gain further specific knowledge by the study of the history of the Great War & that small period in time. HISTORY CAN NOT BE RE-WRITTEN History, to be accurate, MUST be what happened, how it happened and why it happened. No more, no less. To look into the 1910 - 1920 period of time you must accept that some things were different than they are today. They were accepted at the time; rightly or wrongly depending on your personal opinion, but that IS the way it was. You can't judge the past by what is or what is not acceptable by the standards of today. Please can we now leave the racist debate out of this thread; I for one don't want it hijacked causing the thread to be closed. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Dixon Posted 10 March , 2009 Share Posted 10 March , 2009 Amen to that. Please do not let this thread disintegrate, or it will get the chop. Last comment on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john jerome mcmanus Posted 10 March , 2009 Share Posted 10 March , 2009 G'day all, I have been following this post (along with other posts on 'Somme Mud' and 'In the Footsteps of Private Lynch') with great interest and have forwarded to Will Davies the high regard that his work has received from GWF members. Thr recent debate that has been censured will, I think be a disappointment to him and the Lynch family. I am trying to get Will to make his own posting to congratulate all those that have admired his work in enabling us to have access to such an important primary source. Regards Pop (Sean McManus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 10 March , 2009 Share Posted 10 March , 2009 As one of those who has now had the opportunity to read both books, I suppose I ought to comment. I read Somme Mud first. I thought it an fascinating read. Being British, it was interesting to read the points of view of an Aussie. Yes, the racist remarks did jar a bit, but then I read them as being the attitudes of the time. We can't change social mores in retrospect, and that is how people in the past thought. I took the book to be an account of the author's experiences, ending in his return to his native land. I was almost sorry to have finished it. Turning to Footsteps, it is to the author's credit that he managed to get Somme Mud published. This book puts the original into context. Pages are devoted to explaining where the author was, and the events that were going on at the time. By a lot of research of available records, Will is able to point out where the original narrative must have been fictional. For instance, the author describes actions on the Western Front as if he were there, when the records show him at the time in hospital in England. That in no way detracted from my enjoyment of both. Footsteps also brings the author's life up to date, including what happened to him after his return to Australia. As an ex-teacher, I sat and wondered what life could have been like as the one teacher in a tin shack school miles from anywhere and having to teach all ages and subjects! The love of his children also comes through in the last chapter of Footsteps, and rounds off the story nicely. This is the first time I have read an original, and then a commentary and update on one. It was really interesting to notice the differences, and I think Will is to be congratulated on both getting the original Somme Mud published and also for his research and writing of Footsteps as its companion. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShirlD Posted 10 March , 2009 Share Posted 10 March , 2009 Our family has both books, already much thumbed and passed around all the kids. They may well buy their own some day. We love them and are a treasured addition to the growing list of WW1 books on our shelves, (need another bookcase). It is through reading books, thoroughly grounded in the era they are written, that we are informed, make judgements, learn from history and move on. Onya Nulla! Cheers Shirley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCurragh Posted 28 March , 2009 Share Posted 28 March , 2009 Will has now sent the book to me. Once read, I'll send to Brian Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KevinEndon Posted 7 April , 2009 Share Posted 7 April , 2009 I hope everyone who has read it has remembered to sign the back of it before posting it on. Enjoy the read Alan, Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCurragh Posted 17 April , 2009 Share Posted 17 April , 2009 Book now sent on to Brian Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dycer Posted 17 April , 2009 Share Posted 17 April , 2009 Crooneart was correct. Copies of the Hardback for sale for £10-00 in my local Tesco Store this morning. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 18 April , 2009 Share Posted 18 April , 2009 I'll put my hand up and ask for it to be sent down to Oz. Then shall send it on to the next. Cheers Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 18 April , 2009 Share Posted 18 April , 2009 A homecoming! Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclay Posted 11 June , 2009 Share Posted 11 June , 2009 Hey everyone, i recently read "Somme Mud" and really enjoyed it. I haven't been able to find this next book for sale so would love to participate in this. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Curragh Posted 11 June , 2009 Share Posted 11 June , 2009 Latest update - I've just about finished it so it will be winging its way to Andy (IceTiger) very shortly! Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KevinEndon Posted 11 June , 2009 Share Posted 11 June , 2009 List updated, keep it going pals, I wonder if we can get it round the world twice, I hope you have all signed the back of it, I hope its dog eared, cup ring stained, broken spine, as long as the pages are still intact lol Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Tiger Posted 11 June , 2009 Share Posted 11 June , 2009 Latest update - I've just about finished it so it will be winging its way to Andy (IceTiger) very shortly! Brian Thanks Brian Looking forward to reading it. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveavery Posted 14 June , 2009 Share Posted 14 June , 2009 hi, dont know if its already been mentioned but if you live in uk, then u can pick up a copy for £10 hardback from tesco great idea guys! should be done more often with books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Tiger Posted 28 August , 2009 Share Posted 28 August , 2009 Latest update - I've just about finished it so it will be winging its way to Andy (IceTiger) very shortly! Brian Thanks Brian It arrived safely in the post today. If Bods will kindly PM their address I shall post it on once read. It will be joining me on my next cruise (Sail Tuesday) so will post it on my return. Kevin It is signed by all the readers as requested & has also aquired a number of book marks which I will add to. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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