Six bob a day tourist
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Six bob a day tourist
Penguin Books, 1985
Available at 1 libraries
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Based on the letters of Thomas Gardner and the diary of Mabel Drummond
Includes bibliographical references (p. 89) and index
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THIS IS THE STORY OF A FAMILY'S STRUGGLE FOR PEACE DURING THE YEARS 1914-18 PTE. THOMAS GARDNERWROTE OFTEN TO HISSISTER, MABEL, DURING THE FOUR YEARS HE SERVED WITH THE A.I.F. IN EGYPT, GALLIPOLI AND FRANCE. MABEL, THROUGH THE NEWLY FORMED SISTERHOOD OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE (LATER TO BECOME THE WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL FOR PEACE ANDFREEDOM) ACTIVELY OPPOSED CONSCRIPTION. TWO WEEKS AFTER THE ARMISTICE, THOMASDIED. THROUGH HIS LETTERS, AND MABEL'S DIARIES AND MEMORABLIA, WE CAN GLIMPSE SOME OF THE ANGUISH OF WORLD WAR I AND ITS AFFECT ON ORDINARY PEOPLE.
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