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Seize the Day
A. M. (Jack) Harris
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Description for Seize the Day
Paperback. A subtle and powerful evocation of one man's military and intelligence life, a gripping autobiography. Num Pages: 280 pages, B&w photographs. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
Seize the Day is a suspenseful story of considerable scope. Harris a prize winning novelist writes with nostalgia of his youth, of pride in his army service in Japan and with exhilaration about the pursuit of the defeated North Korean Army late in 1950. Wounded that year Harris returned to Australia, later studied Chinese and was posted back to Korea in 1953 and placed in charge of a group of linecrossing South Koreans. On his discharge Harris joined ASIO; he discusses the Petrov defection and later from Hong Kong he observes Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution and how some of Mao's ... Read more
Seize the Day is a suspenseful story of considerable scope. Harris a prize winning novelist writes with nostalgia of his youth, of pride in his army service in Japan and with exhilaration about the pursuit of the defeated North Korean Army late in 1950. Wounded that year Harris returned to Australia, later studied Chinese and was posted back to Korea in 1953 and placed in charge of a group of linecrossing South Koreans. On his discharge Harris joined ASIO; he discusses the Petrov defection and later from Hong Kong he observes Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution and how some of Mao's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Brolga Publishing Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Ringwood, VIC, Australia
ISBN
9781922175717
SKU
V9781922175717
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99-3
About A. M. (Jack) Harris
On joining the Australian Army in 1946, Harris went to Japan with BCOF and sailed for Korea in mid 1950 with 3RAR. Wounded twice in action he was awarded a Military Medal for his intelligence work behind the enemy lines. On his discharge in 1954 Harris became a member of ASIO and in 1960 was posted to their station in ... Read more
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