{"product_id":"2026200012300-secondhand-gallipoli-to-the-somme-the-story-of-c-e-w-bean","title":"Gallipoli To The Somme: The Story Of C.E.W. Bean","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the blood-soaked trenches of Gallipoli and along the shattered battlefields of the Somme, one man bore witness to the suffering and heroism of the Australian soldier with unflinching dedication — Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, Australia's most celebrated official war correspondent and historian. Gallipoli to the Somme chronicles the remarkable life of C.E.W. Bean, tracing his journey from a determined young journalist to the architect of Australia's official military history of the First World War, a monumental work that would define how a nation understood its own identity and sacrifice.\n\nDudley McCarthy draws on deep historical research to present a portrait of a man driven by an almost sacred sense of duty to the diggers whose stories he recorded. Bean's meticulous, boots-on-the-ground approach to war reporting and historiography set a standard that reverberates through Australian letters to this day. McCarthy's prose is measured yet deeply affecting, capturing both the grandeur and the grim humanity of the Anzac experience. For readers of military biography and Australian history, this account leaves a burning question: can one man's pen truly do justice to the weight of a nation's greatest sacrifice?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130921525467,"sku":"2026200012300-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d147d0a5-d44f-44ee-a01f-900e20979cdf.png?v=1786592114","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012300-secondhand-gallipoli-to-the-somme-the-story-of-c-e-w-bean","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}