Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Searching for Charlie : in pursuit of the real Charles Upham VC & Bar
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Upstart Press Ltd
Place
Date
2020
Physical Description
368 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781988516608
1988516609
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
Author's note -- Prologue -- 1. 'You face difficulty here' -- 2. 'I think I went around the bend a good bit' -- 3. 'Conspicuous gallantry... in the presence of the enemy' -- 4. 'There's only one thing you can do with a mad dog' -- 5. 'You'll never make a civil servant' -- 6. 'Correct way to hold a camel' -- 7. 'The war is going wonderfully here' -- 8. 'Our duty to intervene' -- 9. 'They're dead on time' -- 10. 'He'll either get a wooden cross or a Victoria Cross' -- 11. 'Perfect pandemonium' -- 12. 'It's meant for the men' -- 13. 'This show tonight will make bloody history!' -- 14. 'Go on, give them hell!' -- 15. 'I refuse to be shot by a corporal!' -- 16. 'Please don't cause any trouble, Charlie' -- 17. 'Another VC! Oh, poor Charles' -- 18. 'I don't want to be treated different to any other bastard' -- 19. 'Boy, she knows her horses, that girl' -- 20. 'The medals are too big really' -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments.
Public Access Text
Subject Notes
Tom Scott is a New Zealand writer and cartoonist, who was printed in the New Zealand Listener in the 1970s and 1980s.
Collection Type
Pou Maumahara
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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