Simpsons Donkey

Author : Mark Greenwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781921529627
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simpson and His Donkey written by Mark Greenwood and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heroic story of one man and a donkey - and the strange twist of fate that brought two boyhood friends together one last time during the Gallipoli campaign in World War I. A poignant account of the story of John Kirkpatrick Simpson and how he and his donkey, Duffy, rescued over 300 men during the campaign at Gallipoli. Backed by detailed research, the text includes a brief biography of the man, details of his work at Gallipoli and also the little known story of how, without realising, he rescued his childhood friend from South Shields, Billy Lowes. The text also includes fact files on Simpson and Billy Lowes, maps and additional historical background information such as how Duffy received a VC.

Author : Peter Stanley
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1742664032
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simpson's Donkey written by Peter Stanley and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the most famous animal in Australian history Simpson's Donkey tells the story of his service during the Gallipoli campaign where for three weeks he was one of several donkeys that Simpson used to carry wounded men down to Anzac Cove. His life before and after Gallipoli is a mystery but Peter Stanley beautifully imagines the rest for the reader. Stanley tells the donkey's story--in the donkey's own voice--taking the reader on a journey from the Aegean island of Lemnos to Gallipoli to Egypt, Palestine and then back to Gallipoli at the end of the Great War. In doing so Simpson's Donkey not only brings the donkey's story to life it also brings the horrible realities of war to the fore. The war is the backdrop to the donkey's tale and as we follow the little donkey on his journey we also learn about the war and its terrible impact on people and animals alike. The story begins with the donkey being separated from his adored mistress Sofya when the Greeks occupy Lemnos in 1913, and after various adventures--in which each new owner calls him by a new name--he returns to Gallipoli in 1919 to be reunited with his beloved Sofya. From village beast of burden to hospital pet, to supply carrier for the war in the desert, the donkey's story is an adventurous journey on which he meets courage and cruelty, and comradeship between human and donkey alike.

Author : Graham Wilson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1921941758
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dust Donkeys and Delusions written by Graham Wilson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dust, Donkeys and Delusion examines and clinically debunks the myth that has grown up around Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, the so-called `Man with the Donkey', the quintessential Australian `hero' of Gallipoli. While the various elements of the Simpson myth have now become popularly accepted as `history', Dust, Donkeys and Delusion shows clearly, based on historical documents, both official and unofficial, that almost every word ever spoken or written about Simpson following his death is false.

Author : Peter Cochrane
Publisher : Melbourne University
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simpson and the Donkey written by Peter Cochrane and published by Melbourne University. This book was released on 1992 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The simple tale of Simpson and his donkey is the pre-eminent legend of Australian heroism. It is the story of a humble water-carrier, a rescuer of wounded men, a tale of compassion, stoic persistence, with a tragic end. His tale is an integral part of the Anzac story.

Author : Joe Simpson
Publisher : Direct Authors
ISBN 13 : 0957519303
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Touching the Void written by Joe Simpson and published by Direct Authors. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer’s harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the summer of 1985, two young, headstrong mountaineers set off to conquer an unclimbed route. They had triumphantly reached the summit, when a horrific accident mid-descent forced one friend to leave another for dead. Ambition, morality, fear and camaraderie are explored in this electronic edition of the mountaineering classic, with never before seen colour photographs taken during the trip itself.

Author : Jackie French
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 0732288398
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Donkey who Carried the Wounded written by Jackie French and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2009 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a small unassuming donkey. It's also the story of Gallipoli, of Jack Simpson, and New Zealander stretcher-bearer Richard Henderson, who literally took up the reins after Simpson's death. Exhaustively researched, it gives a new depth to our understanding of this story of Anzac heroism.

Author : Peter Cochrane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781459674509
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simpson and the Donkey written by Peter Cochrane and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The simple tale of Simpson and his donkey is the pre - eminent legend of heroism. It is the story of a humble water - carrier, a rescuer of wounded men, a tale of compassion, stoic persistence, with a tragic end. His tale is an integral part of the Anzac story.Across time, a simple tale can acquire a complicated history.This is what happened to the man with the donkey and is the subject of this book, Simpsons 'afterlife', the legend.

Author : Bruce Arant
Publisher : Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1441325719
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simpson's Sheep Won't Go to Sleep! written by Bruce Arant and published by Peter Pauper Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Greenwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simpson and His Donkey written by Mark Greenwood and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heroic story of one man and a donkey - and the strange twist of fate that brought two boyhood friends together one last time during the Gallipoli campaign in World War I. Simpson and his Donkey is a poignant account of the story of John Kirkpatrick Simpson and how he and his donkey, Duffy, rescued over 300 men during the campaign at Gallipoli. Backed by detailed research, the text includes a brief biography of the man, details of his work at Gallipoli and also the little known story of how, without realising, he rescued his childhood friend from South Shields, Billy Lowes. The text also includes fact files on Simpson and Billy Lowes, maps and additional historical background information such as how Duffy received a VC.

Author : Wayne Macauley
Publisher : Text Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1925774317
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simpson Returns written by Wayne Macauley and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A satirical and surreal twist on the Anzac legend of Simpson and his donkey