Photographs in the Mud.Photographs In The Mud Dianne Wolfer & Brian Harrison-Lever Fremantle Arts Centre Press Fremantle Arts Centre Press was established by the Fremantle Arts Centre in 1976 with the aim of developing the widest possible audience for outstanding Western Australian writers and writing. c/o International Specialized Book Services 920 Northeast 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97213 1920731202 $24.25 1-800-944-6190 www.isbscatalog.com In 1942 war raged in Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (păp`  ə, –y between the Japanese army Japanese Army can refer to:
fac·et n. 1. A small smooth area on a bone or other firm structure. 2. of World War II. But Dianne Wolfer's "Photographs In The Mud" (superbly illustrated throughout by Brian Harrison-Lever) is the first and best attempt to show young readers the heartbreak and tragedy of war as seen through the eyes and family photographs of ordinary soldiers on both sides of the conflict. Jack said goodbye to his wife joined other Australian soldiers trying to halt the advance of the Japanese army. Hoshi bid his wife and baby daughter farewell and fought many battles with his comrades. War changes men. Sometimes for the worse. Sometimes forever. A strongly recommended addition to grade school and community library picturebook collections (especially in this time of global conflict that finds American men and women far from home on a number of foreign battlefields), "Photographs In The Mud" is an even handed and heart wrenching treatment alternating Jack and Hoshi's respective experiences, hardships, and loneliness as they were to eventual face each other in mortal mortal /mor·tal/ (mor´t'l) 1. subject to death, or destined to die. 2. fatal. mor·tal adj. 1. Liable or subject to death. 2. combat. |
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