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Searching for Charlie : in pursuit of the real Charles Upham VC & Bar

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  • Description

    "Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham is the only combat soldier ever to win the Victoria Cross twice. His acts of bravery in World War II meant he probably deserved six more.The mystery of how a reserved, modest, slightly built farm valuer from New Zealand, could be so ferocious and fearless in battle has intrigued and fascinated Tom Scott ever since he read about Charles Upham as a schoolboy. Searching for Charlie is his epic quest to unravel the real Charles Upham.

    "--Provided by publisher

  • Place
  • Other Id

    DU429.1 SCO (Library of Congress Call Number)

    92026 (Cat ID)

    91829 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

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

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  • 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

    [Keywords: Soldiers - Biography--New Zealand; World War, 1939-1945 - New Zealand; North Africa]

    Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham is the only combat soldier ever to win the Victoria Cross twice. His acts of bravery in World War II meant he probably deserved six more.The mystery of how a reserved, modest, slightly built farm valuer from New Zealand, could be so ferocious and fearless in battle has intrigued and fascinated Tom Scott ever since he read about Charles Upham as a schoolboy. 'Searching for Charlie' is his epic quest to unravel the real" Charles Upham."--Provided by publisher Includes bibliographical references

  • 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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