Passport to hell : the story of James Douglas Stark, bomber, Fifth Reinforcement, New Zealand Expeditionary Forces / Robin Hyde ; edited and introduced by D. I. B. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hyde, Robin, 1906-1939, author.

Contributor:

Smith, D. I. B. (Donal Ian Brice), 1934- editor, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Fiction.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>Passport to Hell is the story of James Douglas Stark-"Starkie"-and his war. Journalist and novelist Robin Hyde came across Starkie while reporting in Mt Eden Gaol in the 1930s and immediately knew she had to write his "queer true terrible story." Born in Southland and finding himself in early trouble with the law, the young Starkie tricked his way into a draft in 1914 by means of a subterfuge involving whisky and tea. He had a subsequent checkered career in Egypt, Gallipoli, Armentières, the Somme, and Ypres. Hyde took the raw horrors, respites, and reversals of Starkie's experiences and

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; Introduction to Starkie; 1 Making of an Outlaw; 2 Good-bye Summer; 3 Ring and Dummy; 4 Cup for Youth; 5 The Khaki Place; 6 Conjurer and Pigeon; 7 Dawn's Angel; 8 Bluecoat; 9 Court Martial; 10 The Noah's Ark Country; 11 Suicide Club; 12 Brothers; 13 Passport to Hell; 14 Le Havre; 15 Runaway's Odyssey; 16 Rum for His Corpse; 17 Sunshine; 18 London and Laurels; 19 Last Reveille; Notes; Robin Hyde's Published Volumes; Copyright

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781775581369

1775581365

OCLC:

863823645