The Resource The bulldog track : a grandson's story of an ordinary man's war and survival on the other Kokoda trail, Peter Phelps
The bulldog track : a grandson's story of an ordinary man's war and survival on the other Kokoda trail, Peter Phelps
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- Summary
- This is the story of Tom Phelps and the 'other Kokoda Track', a story that has never been told. Seventy-five years later, Tom's grandson, award-winning actor and writer Peter Phelps, is sharing the unforgettable tale of resilience and survival. March 1942: The world is at war. Too old to fight and with jobs scarce at home, Tom Phelps found work as a carpenter in the goldfields of the New Guinea Highlands. No one expected the Japanese to attack in the Pacific. Then they took the northern cities of New Guinea. As word of the invasion and the atrocities being committed spread, Tom and his fellow workers, men of differing nationalities, trades and professions, were caught in the middle of it all. After the airfield was bombed, the Australian military told them to get out via the 'other' Kokoda Track. They set off through the jungle into the unknown. Kukukuku hunters and Ghurka allies would silently let them pass but did not do the same for the pursuing Japanese soldiers. With no news of the men, back home in Sydney, his wife, Rose Phelps, their son, George, and three daughters, Joy, Shirley and Anne, were told that Tom had died. But Tom wasn't dead. Travelling by foot, canoe, raft, schooner, train, luck and cunning, Tom Phelps would eventually make it back to Sydney, turning up at Central Station half-starved, in rags, suffering from malaria and wearing the pith helmet he had kept with him the whole way. The unforgettable escape was documented on Tom's helmet in indelible ink. And his stories of New Guinea would lead his son and grandson to their own experiences with the country. Seventy-five years later, Tom's helmet sat next to his grandson Peter as he wrote this book. THE BULLDOG TRACK is a grandson's story of an ordinary man's war. It is an incredible tale of survival and resilience and the indomitable Aussie spirit
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxvi, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information)
- Isbn
- 9780733639777
- Label
- The bulldog track : a grandson's story of an ordinary man's war and survival on the other Kokoda trail
- Title
- The bulldog track
- Title remainder
- a grandson's story of an ordinary man's war and survival on the other Kokoda trail
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Phelps
- Subject
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- trueFamilies -- Australia -- Biography
- Foreign workers -- New Guinea
- Gold mines and mining -- New Guinea
- Hiking -- New Guinea
- Jungle survival -- New Guinea
- trueJungles
- trueKokoda Trail (Papua New Guinea)
- trueNew Guinea -- History, Military -- 20th century
- trueAustralia -- History -- 20th century
- Phelps, Peter, 1960- -- Family
- Phelps, Tom
- trueSurvival
- trueWorld War II -- Australian participation
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia
- World War, 1939-1945 -- New Guinea
- truePapua New Guinea
- trueAustralian
- Carpenters -- Australia -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is the story of Tom Phelps and the 'other Kokoda Track', a story that has never been told. Seventy-five years later, Tom's grandson, award-winning actor and writer Peter Phelps, is sharing the unforgettable tale of resilience and survival. March 1942: The world is at war. Too old to fight and with jobs scarce at home, Tom Phelps found work as a carpenter in the goldfields of the New Guinea Highlands. No one expected the Japanese to attack in the Pacific. Then they took the northern cities of New Guinea. As word of the invasion and the atrocities being committed spread, Tom and his fellow workers, men of differing nationalities, trades and professions, were caught in the middle of it all. After the airfield was bombed, the Australian military told them to get out via the 'other' Kokoda Track. They set off through the jungle into the unknown. Kukukuku hunters and Ghurka allies would silently let them pass but did not do the same for the pursuing Japanese soldiers. With no news of the men, back home in Sydney, his wife, Rose Phelps, their son, George, and three daughters, Joy, Shirley and Anne, were told that Tom had died. But Tom wasn't dead. Travelling by foot, canoe, raft, schooner, train, luck and cunning, Tom Phelps would eventually make it back to Sydney, turning up at Central Station half-starved, in rags, suffering from malaria and wearing the pith helmet he had kept with him the whole way. The unforgettable escape was documented on Tom's helmet in indelible ink. And his stories of New Guinea would lead his son and grandson to their own experiences with the country. Seventy-five years later, Tom's helmet sat next to his grandson Peter as he wrote this book. THE BULLDOG TRACK is a grandson's story of an ordinary man's war. It is an incredible tale of survival and resilience and the indomitable Aussie spirit
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10679965
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Phelps, Peter
- Dewey number
- 995.3022092
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Phelps, Tom
- Phelps, Peter
- Families
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Carpenters
- Jungle survival
- Gold mines and mining
- Hiking
- Foreign workers
- New Guinea
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- The bulldog track : a grandson's story of an ordinary man's war and survival on the other Kokoda trail, Peter Phelps
- Note
- Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000062135635
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxvi, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780733639777
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1030754131
- Label
- The bulldog track : a grandson's story of an ordinary man's war and survival on the other Kokoda trail, Peter Phelps
- Note
- Prepublication record (machine generated from publisher information)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000062135635
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xxvi, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780733639777
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1030754131
Subject
- trueFamilies -- Australia -- Biography
- Foreign workers -- New Guinea
- Gold mines and mining -- New Guinea
- Hiking -- New Guinea
- Jungle survival -- New Guinea
- trueJungles
- trueKokoda Trail (Papua New Guinea)
- trueNew Guinea -- History, Military -- 20th century
- trueAustralia -- History -- 20th century
- Phelps, Peter, 1960- -- Family
- Phelps, Tom
- trueSurvival
- trueWorld War II -- Australian participation
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia
- World War, 1939-1945 -- New Guinea
- truePapua New Guinea
- trueAustralian
- Carpenters -- Australia -- Biography
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