The Last Fighting Tommy

Patch, Harry (with Richard van Emden): 2007 London, Bloomsbury, hardcover with dust jacket 238 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. This moving biography chronicles the extraordinary life of Harry Patch, the last surviving British Tommy to have fought in the trenches of the First World War. The narrative details his vivid memories of an Edwardian childhood, the horrors of the Battle of Passchendaele, and his late-life recognition as an advocate for peace. English language. ISBN 9780747591153 In very good condition.