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The Changi book / edited by Lachlan Grant.
- Title
- The Changi book / edited by Lachlan Grant.
- Publication
- Sydney, Australia : NewSouth, 2015.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | D805.5.C425 C43 2015 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Grant, Lachlan, 1982-
- Description
- 351 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- "In the tradition of The Anzac Book comes this fascinating collection of accounts of life in the notorious Changi prison camp. No other place is more closely associated with the Australian prisoner-of-war experience of the Second World War than Changi. With 15,000 Australian soldiers captured at the fall of Singapore, the camp has become synonymous with suffering and hardship. But the Changi story was also one of ingenuity, resourcefulness and survival. Containing essays, cartoons, paintings, and photographs created by prisoners of war, The Changi Book provides a unique view of the camp: life-saving medical innovation, machinery and tools created from spare parts and scrap, black-market dealings, sport and gambling, theatre productions, and the creation of a library and university. Originally slated for publication in 1945, the material for The Changi Book was recently unearthed in the Australian War Memorial archives. It appears here for the first time along with insights from the Memorial’s experts and an introduction from historian Lachlan Grant."--Publisher description.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 345) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Letters from the past -- Changi life and society -- Changi industries -- Health and society -- Work and work parties -- Thoughts of home.
- ISBN
- 9781742231617
- 1742231616
- 9781742247373 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2014482049
- OCLC
- 903004812
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library