Tommy's Ark: Soldiers and Their Animals in the Great War Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Tommy's Ark: Soldiers and Their Animals in the Great War Book

A treasure chest of journals, letters and stories about the men and their animals on the Western Front.Read More

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  • TheBookPeople

    Richard van Emden explores his subject far more radically than previous attempts, revealing how, for example, a lemur was taken on combat missions in the air, a lion was allowed to pad down the front line trenches and how a monkey lost its leg during the fighting at Delville Wood on the Somme. It is illustrated with more than sixty previously unseen or rarely published photographs, drawn mainly from the author's own extraordinary collection.

  • Blackwell

    'A terrific book. If ever you are in doubt about the devastation and universal suffering that war brings to us, and to all creatures, great and small, then read Tommy's Ark' Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse A rich treasure chest of...

  • Waterstones

    For soldiers in the Great War, going over the top was a comparatively rare event; much more frequently, they were bored and lonely and missing their families at home. Needing an outlet for their affection, many found it in the animal kingdom. This bo

  • 1408806118
  • 9781408806111
  • Richard Van Emden
  • 1 November 2010
  • Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 352
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