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Where Poppies Blow

- The British Soldier, Nature, the Great War
Af: John Lewis-Stempel Engelsk Paperback

Where Poppies Blow

- The British Soldier, Nature, the Great War
Af: John Lewis-Stempel Engelsk Paperback
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Winner of the 2017 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writing

The natural history of the Western Front during the First World War

''If it weren''t for the birds, what a hell it would be.''

During the Great War, soldiers lived inside the ground, closer to nature than many humans had lived for centuries. Animals provided comfort and interest to fill the blank hours in the trenches - bird-watching, for instance, was probably the single most popular hobby among officers. Soldiers went fishing in flooded shell holes, shot hares in no-man''s land for the pot, and planted gardens in their trenches and billets. Nature was also sometimes a curse - rats, spiders and lice abounded, and disease could be biblical.

But above all, nature healed, and, despite the bullets and blood, it inspired men to endure. Where Poppies Blow is the unique story of how nature gave the British soldiers of the Great War a reason to fight, and the will to go on.

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Winner of the 2017 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writing

The natural history of the Western Front during the First World War

''If it weren''t for the birds, what a hell it would be.''

During the Great War, soldiers lived inside the ground, closer to nature than many humans had lived for centuries. Animals provided comfort and interest to fill the blank hours in the trenches - bird-watching, for instance, was probably the single most popular hobby among officers. Soldiers went fishing in flooded shell holes, shot hares in no-man''s land for the pot, and planted gardens in their trenches and billets. Nature was also sometimes a curse - rats, spiders and lice abounded, and disease could be biblical.

But above all, nature healed, and, despite the bullets and blood, it inspired men to endure. Where Poppies Blow is the unique story of how nature gave the British soldiers of the Great War a reason to fight, and the will to go on.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 400
ISBN-13: 9781780224916
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1780224915
Kategori: 1910 til 1919
Udg. Dato: 14 sep 2017
Længde: 26mm
Bredde: 134mm
Højde: 201mm
Forlag: Orion Publishing Co
Oplagsdato: 14 sep 2017
Forfatter(e): John Lewis-Stempel
Forfatter(e) John Lewis-Stempel

Kategori 1910 til 1919

ISBN-13 9781780224916

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 400

Udgave

Længde 26mm

Bredde 134mm

Højde 201mm

Udg. Dato 14 sep 2017

Oplagsdato 14 sep 2017

Forlag Orion Publishing Co