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And the Dawn Came Up Like Thunder: Leo Rawlings: Prisoner of Japan and War Artist 1941-1945
Leo Rawlings
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And the Dawn Came Up Like Thunder is the experience of an ordinary soldier captured by the Japanese at Singapore in February 1942. Leo Rawlings' story is told in his own pictures and his own words; a world that is uncompromising, vivid and raw. He pulls no punches. For the first time the cruelty inflicted on the prisoners of war by their own officers is depicted as well as shocking images of POW life. This is truly a view of the River Kwai experience for a 21st Century audience.The new edition includes pictures never before published as well as an ... Read more
And the Dawn Came Up Like Thunder is the experience of an ordinary soldier captured by the Japanese at Singapore in February 1942. Leo Rawlings' story is told in his own pictures and his own words; a world that is uncompromising, vivid and raw. He pulls no punches. For the first time the cruelty inflicted on the prisoners of war by their own officers is depicted as well as shocking images of POW life. This is truly a view of the River Kwai experience for a 21st Century audience.The new edition includes pictures never before published as well as an ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Myrmidon Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Newcastle, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905802944
SKU
V9781905802944
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