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Absent without leave : the private war of Private Stanley Livingston / Paul Livingston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Livingston, Paul, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Livingston family.
- Livingston, Stanley.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Australian.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Australia.
- Families--Australia--Biography.
- Families.
- Soldiers--Australia--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- World War, 1939-1945--Australia--Personal narratives.
- Absence without leave--Australia.
- Absence without leave.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Australian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (346 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A touching, surprising, controversial and original family memoir, from the unique mind of well-known comedy figure Paul Livingston - aka Flacco.
- Contents:
- COVER PAGE; BOOK DESCRIPTION; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; . . . AND HOW WAS YOUR WAR, DAD?; INTRODUCTION: TWO OF THE BOYS, A WOG, A DONKEY AND MYSELF; 1. THREE MEN WALK INTO A BAR; 2. ONE SMALL STEP FOR A ZETLAND BOY; 3. HOLE SWEET HOLE; 4. MAYHEM WAS ONLY A PART OF IT; 5. THREE MEN AND A BARBER SHOP; 6. A NIP IN THE AIR; 7. THE HOME-FRONT LINE; PICTURE SECTION; 8. EVELYN'S WAR; 9. RUN FOR YOUR DEATH; 10. GAPS IN THE RANKS; 11. ABSENT FRIENDS; 12. FROM THE PIMPLE TO SCARLET BEACH VIA DEAD MAN'S GULLY; 13. DESTROY ALL MONSTERS; 14. PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR
- 15. THE ORDINARY TRENCHES16. MEMOIRS OF A PACIFIST SMOKER; 17. DON'T GIVE AN OLD DIGGER THE GRIPES; EPILOGUE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-74343-346-8
- OCLC:
- 862049840
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