Kokoda Spirit
By (Author) Patrick Lindsay
Hardie Grant Books
Hardie Grant Books
1st November 2009
Australia
General
Non Fiction
Second World War
Modern warfare
Battles and campaigns
940.542651
Hardback
240
Width 201mm, Height 236mm
The Battle for the Kokoda Track is Australia's Alamo. If Gallipoli symbolised the Anzac spirit in WWI, then Kokoda is its WWII equivalent. In August 1942, Kokoda was a killing field. Today, it is hard to imagine what those young men endured for our freedom but the journey gives some clues. The track plays a leading role in the story of Kokoda. It has a character of its own. It is one of the world's most fascinating locations - at once an alluring, challenging obstacle of compelling beauty and yet a foreboding, perilous microcosm of life at its rawest and most savage. In Kokoda Spirit, Patrick Lindsay takes us on a journey that explores the track as it is today and how it was in 1942. With his unique storytelling, he reconnects us with the past while taking us on the gruelling journey that is Kokoda.
The Battle for the Kokoda Track is Australia's Alamo. In August 1942, Kokoda was a killing field. The track plays a leading role in the story of Kokoda. Patrick Lindsay takes us on a journey that explores the track as it is today and how it was in 1942. He reconnects us with the past while taking us on the gruelling journey that is Kokoda.