Description
Title: Hard Jacka – The Story of a Gallipoli Legend
Author: Lawriwsky, Michael
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 9781921685774
Cover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 421 pages.
Comments: Michael Lawriwsky’s insightful Hard Jacka breathes life into the real man behind the legend of Albert Jacka, VC — ‘Jacka’ to his superiors, ‘Bert’ to his mates, ‘our Albert’ to his proud mother.
Hard Jacka is a superb account of the man whose acts of selfless heroism at Gallipoli would win him a VC, whose insubordination antagonised his seniors and whose bravery in the battlefields of France would win him the unswerving loyalty of his mates.
Hard Jacka is a rich and fascinating story about Albert Jacka and the Great War, its heroes and anti-heroes, their sacrifice, determination and larrikin humour. It’s a compelling tale about the deep bonds that life in the trenches developed between men — the quintessential Aussie mateship.
