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Bearing Witness
The Remarkable Life of Charles Bean, Australia's Greatest War Correspondent
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See moreA full biography of the man known as CEW Bean - war correspondent and official historian of World War I - that for the first time captures and portrays the essence of the man, his work, his influence on Australian history, and how Australians have seen themselves in the century since the Great War.
We know of Charles Bean as a war correspondent and official historian of World War I, but we don't really know Bean the man. This book changes that and rightly gives Bean his proper place in history.
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Charles Bean was Australia's greatest and most famous war correspondent. He is the journalist who told Australia about the horrors of Gallipoli and the Western Front. He is the historian who did so much to create the Anzac legend and shape the emerging Australian identity in the years after Federation. He is the patriot who was central to the establishment of one of this country's most important cultural institutions, the Australian War Memorial. Yet we know so little about him as a man.
Bearing Witness changes that omission in our national biography. This is the first complete portrait of Charles Bean. It is the story of a boy from Bathurst and his search for truth: in the bush, on the battlefield and in the writing of the official history of Australia's involvement in World War I. But beyond this, it is a powerful and detailed exploration of his life, his accomplishments and a marriage that sustained and enriched him.
Insightful, unexpected and compelling, Bearing Witness gives rich personality to a remarkable life.
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ISBN: 9781742379548
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 March 2015
Country: Australia
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Edition: Main
Illustration: 2 x 16pp mono
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 41.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 777g
Pages: 440
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